SETUP /E Err Msg: Setup Cannot Find Your MS-DOS Directory... (101305)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
  • Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q101305

SYMPTOMS

You may receive an error message similar to the following if you run SETUP /E to install the optional utilities that ship with MS-DOS (Backup, Anti-Virus, and Undelete):
You started Setup with the /E switch, which installs the optional programs that came with MS-DOS 6. However, Setup cannot find your MS-DOS directory...

CAUSE

This message goes on to say that Setup could not find your MS-DOS directory because you have not installed MS-DOS or your MS-DOS directory is not included in your path. This error can also occur if Setup cannot find one or more of the following files in the MS-DOS directory: 
   SYS.COM
   FORMAT.COM
   DISKCOPY.COM

WORKAROUND

To correct this problem, copy or expand these files from the MS-DOS 6 or 6.2 Setup disks. DISKCOPY.COM is a compressed file on the installation disks and must be expanded using the EXPAND command, for example: 
   expand a:\diskcopy.co_  c:\dos\diskcopy.com
SYS.COM and FORMAT.COM are not compressed; therefore, you can use the COPY command as follows: 
   copy a:\sys.com c:\dos\sys.com
   copy a:\format.com c:\dos\format.com
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/22/1999
Keywords:KB101305
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