MS-DOS: MEM Doesn't Display "Bytes Available XMS Memory" (94013)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a

This article was previously published under Q94013

SUMMARY

The MEM command does not display the following line if the Extended Memory Specification (XMS) driver is not loaded, or if the driver is loaded but not initialized:

Bytes available XMS memory

MORE INFORMATION

The amount of available extended memory is not displayed until the XMS driver (usually HIMEM.SYS) is loaded AND a device driver that uses extended memory has also loaded. The following MS-DOS commands or device drivers use extended memory:

   dos=high
   device=c:\dos\emm386.exe
   device=c:\dos\smartdrv.sys
   device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys /e

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	9/30/2003
Keywords:	KB94013