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From: jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: DOS -- PC vs MS
Message-ID: <2612@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Date: 4 Oct 90 20:10:54 GMT
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Reply-To: jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
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Recently I had to have the hard disk on my machine. When the technician
replaced the disk, he formatted it and installed DOS 3.3 as per my request.
However, instead of installing MS-DOS 3.3 (which is what I own, have the
floppies for, etc.) he installed IBM PC-DOS.  I didn't notice this till
I had lots of stuff on the disk.

Two questions:

	1.  Does this matter?  (My machine is not an IBM, by the way.)

	2.  Can I "fix" this by simply copying IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS
		from my DOS floppies?

I'd like to avoid having to reformat the hard disk to install the correct
version of DOS if possible.


Jim Mann
Stratus Computer
jmann@es.stratus.com