Microsoft KB Archive/97416

= MS-DOS 6 Upgrade Setup May Delete CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT =

Article ID: 97416

Article Last Modified on 11/26/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q97416



SYMPTOMS
If you use the /M parameter when you install MS-DOS 6 Upgrade onto a machine running Stacker (manufactured by STAC Electronics) or SuperStor (manufactured by AddStor, Inc.), your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files may be deleted from the host and compressed drives. As a result, when you restart your computer, the disk-compression software does not load and compressed data is not available. If the files are deleted, the following error message appears twice during Setup:

Error reading file

In addition, you may be left with AUTOEXEC.NEW and CONFIG.NEW files in the root directory of the boot drive.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, restore your original files with the following steps:

 Restart your computer with the MS-DOS 6 Upgrade Setup Disk 1 in drive A. When &quot;Starting MS-DOS...&quot; is displayed, press the F5 function key. Remove Setup Disk 1 from drive A and insert Setup Disk 3. Run Undelete by typing undelete c: at the MS-DOS command prompt and then pressing ENTER. When you are given the option to undelete your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, press Y. Restart your computer. When Stacker loads and prompts you with the following message, press Y:

Would you like Stacker to update the file(s)?

If you have the AUTOEXEC.NEW and CONFIG.NEW files in the root directory of your boot drive, you can rename these files as AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. To do this, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt, pressing ENTER after each line:

ren autoexec.new autoexec.bat

ren config.new config.sys

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