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  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
                PD0473: INSTALLING MS-DOS FROM DRIVE B
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                                                   Revision Date: 4/93
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The following information applies to Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Upgrade, 6.0
Upgrade.


You can use drive B instead of drive A to install Microsoft MS-DOS 5
Upgrade and MS-DOS 6 Upgrade. For this setup procedure, you need your
MS-DOS 5 Upgrade or MS-DOS 6 Upgrade disks and one or two blank disks.
The blank disk(s) you supply should be unformatted or newly formatted.

   NOTE: If you are upgrading a version of MS-DOS earlier than version
   3.0, you must use drive A to run Setup.

TO INSTALL THE MS-DOS 5 UPGRADE OR MS-DOS 6 UPGRADE FROM DRIVE B
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1. Start your computer with your current version of MS-DOS.

2. If you are installing MS-DOS 5 Upgrade, insert Disk 1 from your MS-
   DOS 5 Upgrade package in drive B. If you are installing MS-DOS 6
   Upgrade, insert Disk 1 from your MS-DOS 6 Upgrade package in drive
   B.

3. Type "b:setup" (without the quotation marks) and follow the
   instructions on your screen.

4. Setup asks you to insert the Uninstall disk(s), which is the blank
   unformatted or newly formatted disk you supply. Insert this disk in
   drive A.
   
   Setup cannot continue unless you insert a blank or newly formatted
   disk in drive A. You must use drive A because Setup copies files
   onto the Uninstall disk(s) that MS-DOS needs to start your computer
   if you ever decide to restore your earlier version of MS-DOS.
   

RELATED INFORMATION
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For more information about the MS-DOS Setup program, see Chapter 2 of
the "Microsoft MS-DOS Getting Started" guide for MS-DOS 5 Upgrade or
see MS-DOS Help for MS-DOS 6 Upgrade (type "help" [without the
quotation marks] at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER).

For more information about the Uninstall disk, see Chapter 2 of the
"Microsoft MS-DOS Getting Started" guide for MS-DOS 5 Upgrade or see
MS-DOS Help for MS-DOS 6 Upgrade (type "help" [without the quotation
marks] at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER).