Create a Bootable Floppy Disk Without Running Setup (75419)

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1. Use the DISKCOPY command from the current version of MS-DOS to copy all of the files from the first Upgrade disk to the new floppy disk.
   
   There must be a direct match between the new floppy disk, the Upgrade disks that were received, and the bootable floppy drive on the machine. For example, if the Upgrade disks are low-density 5.25-inch disks, then a low-density 5.25-inch disk must be used for the boot up disk and the bootable floppy drive must be 5.25-inch. (This procedure copies the boot sector onto the new floppy disk.)
2. Delete all of the files on the new disk with the following command:

         del a:*.*
   						

3. Create a temporary directory on the hard drive. For example, BOOT.

         C:
         cd\ 
         md boot
   						

4. Copy the file EXPAND.EXE to the temporary directory just created using the following command:

         copy a:expand.exe c:\boot
   						

   Note: EXPAND.EXE is on disk 6 (5.25-inch disks) or disk 3 (3.5-inch disks).
5. Copy the three files listed here from the Setup disk included with the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade into the temporary directory created in step 3:

         copy a:io.sy_ c:\boot
         copy a:msdos.sy_ c:\boot
         copy a:command.co_ c:\boot
   						

   Note: These files must be copied in the order listed.
6. From the temporary directory, expand each of the three files onto the new floppy disk:

         expand c:\boot\io.sy_ a:io.sys
         expand c:\boot\msdos.sy_ a:msdos.sys
         expand c:\boot\command.co_ a:command.com