Microsoft KB Archive/117245

= Manual MS-DOS Installation When SETUP.EXE Fails =

Article ID: 117245

Article Last Modified on 11/21/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q117245



SUMMARY
If a regular or manual installation of MS-DOS fails because SETUP.EXE does not run correctly, you may be able to use a batch file called EXPALL.BAT to perform a successful manual installation. EXPALL.BAT is discussed on pages 553-554 of the Microsoft Windows 3.0 "User's Guide." This file was originally designed to perform a network installation of Windows 3.0. In the steps below, it has been adapted to perform an installation of MS-DOS to the C:\DOS subdirectory.



MORE INFORMATION
 Boot your machine with Disk 1 (Setup) of the MS-DOS disk set you are upgrading to by inserting the disk in drive A and pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. When the message "Starting MS-DOS ..." appears on the screen, press the F5 key to bypass MS-DOS Setup.

IMPORTANT: If your Disk 1 fits in drive B only, you must first install MS-DOS to a floppy disk in drive A (use the command B:\SETUP /F). Then boot with the floppy disk created in drive A and follow the above instructions. If SETUP /F does not run, you must obtain a copy of MS-DOS that is the same media type as your boot disk drive and then perform step 1.  Transfer the MS-DOS system files to the hard disk drive with the following command:      a:sys c:                         Make sure Disk 1 is no longer in drive A. Reboot your machine from the hard disk drive, and press F5 when the message "Starting MS-DOS ..." appears on the screen to ensure no unnecessary drivers are loaded. Create the directory C:\DOS.

NOTE: We do not recommended that you copy files from the disk created with the SETUP /F command to C:\DOS because all MS-DOS files are not present on that disk.

 Copy EXPAND.EXE from the MS-DOS Disk 1 (Setup) to the C:\DOS directory.</li> Change to the C:\DOS directory on the hard disk, and create EXPALL.BAT with COMMAND.COM by typing the following lines (be sure to press ENTER after each line):

COPY CON EXPALL.BAT

%1

FOR %%i IN (*.*) DO C:\DOS\EXPAND %%i C:\DOS\%%i

C:

CTRL + Z

</li> Run EXPALL.BAT with the source disk drive indicated (such as EXPALL A: or EXPALL B:). The command must be repeated for each disk you are installing.</li> Rename the files expanded to the C:\DOS directory from their compressed names to their decompressed filenames.

 First rename the following files:

rename dblspace.in_ dblspace.inf

rename memmaker.in_ memmaker.inf

</li>  Perform the following commands to rename the remaining files: <pre class="fixed_text">     rename *.38_ *.386 rename *.bi_ *.bin rename *.co_ *.com rename *.cp_ *.cpi rename *.dl_ *.dll rename *.ex_ *.exe rename *.ov_ *.ovl rename *.sy_ *.sys rename *.tx_ *.txt rename *.gr_ *.grp rename *.hl_ *.hlp rename *.ls_ *.lst rename *.pr_ *.pro </li></ol> </li>  Copy the files WINA20.386 and DBLSPACE.BIN (or DRVSPACE.BIN in MS-DOS 6.22) to the root directory, and set the attributes of DBLSPACE.BIN or DRVSPACE.BIN to Hidden, System, and Read-Only by using the ATTRIB command as follows: <pre class="fixed_text">     c:\dos\attrib c:\???space.bin +r +s +h </li></ol>

Additional query words: tshoot t-shoot fail clean boot run setup hangs 6.00 6.20

Keywords: KB117245

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