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From: joris@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl (Joris Linssen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: question about dos
Keywords: Help please!
Message-ID: <1427@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl>
Date: 27 Nov 90 14:49:11 GMT
References: <1990Nov26.172206.244@eng.umd.edu>
Organization: TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg, The Netherlands
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yun@eng.umd.edu (Dragon Taunter) writes:

>I have been handed down an old AT with 512K ram.  It has a full hard
>disk which I do not want to overwrite.  How do I upgrade to a newer dos?
>I suspect that there is more to it than copying over everything in /DOS

Well, this is supposed to be easy:

1. Boot your computer from floppy with the new DOS version.
2. After confirming date and time enter SYS A: C: from the command line. 
   This will transfer two hidden files from floppy to hard disk.
3. Copy the DOS utility files from A: to the system subdirectory on your hard 
   disk, for example C:\DOS
4. Say a quick prayer and reboot you computer from hard disk. Normally this 
   works (but then, when does something work normally in a DOS environment :-),
   but should a problem occur, you can always restore your old version with the
   same procedure. 
5. In case of trouble contact your local DOS whizard,    

								good luck,
								    Jori$.
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