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From: bomgard@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Tim Bomgardner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: DOS -- PC vs MS
Message-ID: <62411@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 16:05:57 GMT
References: <2612@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
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In article <2612@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes:
}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

1. Yes, since you've most likely violated a licensing agreement.

2. Yes.  Remove the readonly/system/hidden attributes from the IBM files,
delete them, then sys c: using the MS-DOS disk in drive a: