Microsoft KB Archive/71535

= MS-DOS: Uninstalling After Moving the OLD_DOS Directory =

Article ID: 71535

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * 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 Q71535



SUMMARY
If you would like to free up disk space in your root directory, you can move the OLD_DOS directory to another drive or to a floppy disk(s), and later, you can restore your previous version of MS-DOS by copying the directory back and using UNINSTALL.



MORE INFORMATION
The procedure is as follows:

 Move the OLD_DOS directory by doing the following:

 Copy or back up the OLD_DOS.X directory and its files to another drive or to a floppy disk(s). If copying to floppy disk(s), you may need more than one disk, depending on the OLD_DOS directory size and the floppy disk type. Make sure to note the name of the directory; you will need to know this when uninstalling. Delete the OLD_DOS directory and its files.  Uninstall to a previous DOS version by doing the following:

 Copy or restore the OLD_DOS.X directory and its files to the root directory of the boot drive, making sure to name the directory the same as the OLD_DOS.X directory deleted. Uninstall</li></ol> </li></ol>

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20 dos

Keywords: KB71535

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