DOCUMENT:Q96707  17-DEC-2000  [msdos]
TITLE   :Installing MS-DOS from Drive B
PRODUCT :Microsoft Disk Operating System
PROD/VER:MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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This article explains how to use drive B instead of drive A to install MS-DOS
Upgrade.

For this setup procedure, you need your MS-DOS Upgrade disks and one or two blank
disks. The blank disk(s) you supply should be unformatted or newly formatted.

NOTE: If you are upgrading a version of MS-DOS earlier than version 3.0, you must
use drive A to run Setup.

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To install MS-DOS Upgrade from drive B, proceed as follows:

1. Start your computer with your current version of MS-DOS.

2. Insert Disk 1 from your Upgrade package in drive B.

3. Type "b:setup" (without the quotation marks) and follow the instructions on
   your screen.

4. Setup asks you to insert the Uninstall disk(s), which is the blank
   unformatted or newly formatted disk you supply. Insert this disk in drive A.

   Setup cannot continue unless you insert a blank or newly formatted disk in
   drive A. You must use drive A because Setup copies files onto the Uninstall
   disk(s) that MS-DOS needs to start your computer if you ever decide to
   restore your earlier version of MS-DOS.

REFERENCES
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Version 5.0
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For more information about the MS-DOS Setup program or Uninstall disk, see
Chapter 2 of the "Getting Started" guide for version 5.0.

Version 6.0 or 6.2
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For more information about the MS-DOS Setup program or Uninstall disk, see the
"User's Guide" for version 6.0 or 6.2, or see MS-DOS Help (type "help" (without
the quotation marks) at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER).

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 5.00 6.20 dos setup instal

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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