MS-DOS 8.00: Difference between revisions

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MS-DOS 8.00 is the last version of MS-DOS released by Microsoft. Unlike most versions of the operating system, it was not released as a separate product, but was bundled with Windows ME.

It is still possible to create MS-DOS boot disks in Windows XP and later. Boot disks created in this way use the disk image included in diskcopy.dll.

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	MS-DOS 8.00 ~~was never released as a seperate entity like its previous versions. It was only found on Windows ME, which was released in 2000. A bootdisk image can be found in diskcopy.dll which~~ is ~~included with~~ [[~~Windows:XP\|Windows XP~~]], [[~~Windows:Vista\|Windows Vista~~]] ~~and~~ [[Windows:7\|Windows 7]]. It is a modified version of the Windows ME bootdisk. When a removable storage device is connected and the user wants to format it, there is an option to create a MS-DOS bootdisk, however, the option is only enabled when formating floppies.		'''MS-DOS 8.00''' is the last version of [[MS-DOS]] released by [[Microsoft]]. Unlike most versions of the operating system, it was not released as a separate product, but was bundled with [[Windows:ME\|Windows ME]].

	MS-DOS ~~8.0 files are still present~~ in ~~modern OSes such as Vista~~ and ~~7, but the internal version has remained unchanged since version 5~~.~~0. It is the last version of MS-DOS ever~~ created~~. After that, Microsoft discontinued both MS-DOS and Windows 9X lines~~ in ~~favor of~~ the ~~NT line, which has been brought to consumers with the release of Windows XP~~.		It is still possible to create MS-DOS boot disks in [[Windows:XP\|Windows XP]] and later. Boot disks created in this way use the disk image included in ''diskcopy.dll''.