Microsoft KB Archive/95634

= Manual Installation Err Msg: Incompatible Partition =

Article ID: 95634

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 Q95634



SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to perform a manual installation of MS-DOS Upgrade, using the &quot;You need to install MS-DOS manually&quot; procedure in Diagnosing and Solving Problems, step 3 says to use the SETUP /Q command. However, if Setup detects you have a special master boot record (MBR) or an incompatible partition, Setup displays the &quot;Incompatible partition&quot; screen.



WORKAROUND
If you have one of the following drives and you receive this error message, run setup with the /U and /Q switches (for example, A:SETUP /U /Q).


 * Priam
 * Everex
 * SpeedStor Bootall
 * Micro House DrivePro

If you use SETUP /I without the /U switch, you will continue to receive the error message.

NOTE: This information was inadvertently omitted from an early printing of the User's Guide; the omission was corrected in subsequent printings.

Installing the Optional Programs
If you attempt to install the optional programs at a later date, you should also use the /U switch. For example:

setup /u /e

Setup Syntax
/E Installs Windows and MS-DOS optional programs. /Q Copies MS-DOS files to a hard disk. /U Installs MS-DOS even if Setup detects disk partitions that might be incompatible with MS-DOS 6.x.

For more information of Setup switches, insert MS-DOS 6.x Upgrade Setup Disk 1 in one of your floppy disk drives, change to that drive at the MS-DOS command prompt and type SETUP /? .

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 docerr 6.20

Keywords: KB95634

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