Article: Q102813
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 21-NOV-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to run the BACKUP command from an MS-DOS command prompt or a
third-party application, you may receive the following error message:
Incorrect DOS Version
CAUSE
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This error can be caused any of the following conditions:
- You upgraded to MS-DOS 6.0 or 6.2 from MS-DOS 5.0.
The BACKUP command in MS-DOS 5.0 is an .EXE file. In all previous versions of
MS-DOS, BACKUP is a .COM file. When you install MS-DOS 6 Upgrade or MS-DOS
6.2 Upgrade, Microsoft Backup removes only those files that it is replacing.
Therefore, both the BACKUP.EXE and BACKUP.COM files may remain in the MS-DOS
directory. MS-DOS looks for files to execute in the following order: .COM,
.EXE, and lastly .BAT. The error occurs because the BACKUP.COM file from a
previous version of MS-DOS is still somewhere on the system and MS-DOS is
attempting to execute it.
- The SETVER version table has the wrong version listed for Backup.
- The number "1" is the last digit in the SETVER entry. For example, the
following entry causes the above error message:
setver backup.com 4.01
- You manually expanded BACKUP.EXE from the MS-DOS 6.0 or 6.2 Supplemental
Disks (instead of running the SETUP.BAT file.
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem:
1. Type the following from the root directory to display the directory listing
of all files named BACKUP on the drive:
" dir backup /s " (without the quotation marks)
2. If you have a BACKUP.EXE file, delete any BACKUP.COM files on your system.
3. If you do not have a BACKUP.EXE file, use the SETVER command to set the
correct version for BACKUP.COM. Set the version to your previous version of
MS-DOS or to the version of MS-DOS that matches your MS-DOS Supplemental
Disk. For example, type "setver backup.com 4.00" (without the quotation
marks) at the MS-DOS command prompt and then press ENTER.
If you expanded Backup from the MS-DOS Supplemental disks, delete BACKUP.EXE
from the SETVER version table. For example, type "setver backup.exe /d"
(without the quotation marks) at the MS-DOS command prompt, press ENTER, and
then restart your computer.
Additional query words: msbackup 6.22 6.00 6.20
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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