Article ID: 191860 - Last Review: October 30, 2006 - Revision: 3.1

New MSDOS7 Folder After Windows 2000 Upgrade

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SUMMARY

When you upgrade to Windows 2000 from Windows 98, an MS-DOS option is created on the Windows NT Boot menu, and an MSDOS7 folder is created in the root folder.

After you upgrade Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional, there is an MS-DOS option on the Boot menu. If you choose this option, Windows 2000 boots to a command prompt (unless you are using the NT File System [NTFS]).

You can use the files in the MSDOS7 folder for emergency recovery, MS-DOS- based programs, or access to files at the command prompt.

If you choose the MS-DOS boot option, you receive the following message when you use the VER command:

MS-DOS Version 7.0

The following files are located in the MSDOS7 folder:

   ANSI     SYS         9,719  05-11-98  8:01p ANSI.SYS
   ATTRIB   EXE        15,252  05-11-98  8:01p ATTRIB.EXE
   CHKDSK   EXE        28,096  05-11-98  8:01p CHKDSK.EXE
   CHOICE   COM         5,239  05-11-98  8:01p CHOICE.COM
   COMMAND  COM        93,880  05-11-98  8:01p COMMAND.COM
   COUNTRY  SYS        30,742  05-11-98  8:01p COUNTRY.SYS
   DEBUG    EXE        20,554  05-11-98  8:01p DEBUG.EXE
   DEFRAG   EX~       253,952  05-11-98  8:01p DEFRAG.EX~
   DELTREE  EXE        19,083  05-11-98  8:01p DELTREE.EXE
   DISKCOPY COM        21,975  05-11-98  8:01p DISKCOPY.COM
   DISPLAY  SYS        17,175  05-11-98  8:01p DISPLAY.SYS
   DOSKEY   COM        15,495  05-11-98  8:01p DOSKEY.COM
   EDIT     COM        69,902  05-11-98  8:01p EDIT.COM
   EDIT     HLP        10,790  05-11-98  8:01p EDIT.HLP
   EGA      CPI        58,870  05-11-98  8:01p EGA.CPI
   EMM386   EXE       125,495  05-11-98  8:01p EMM386.EXE
   EXTRACT  EXE        93,242  05-11-98  8:01p EXTRACT.EXE
   FC       EXE        20,574  05-11-98  8:01p FC.EXE
   FDISK    EXE        63,900  05-11-98  8:01p FDISK.EXE
   FIND     EXE         6,658  05-11-98  8:01p FIND.EXE
   FORMAT   COM        49,575  05-11-98  8:01p FORMAT.COM
   HIMEM    SYS        33,191  05-11-98  8:01p HIMEM.SYS
   IFSHLP   SYS         3,708  05-11-98  8:01p IFSHLP.SYS
   KEYB     COM        19,927  05-11-98  8:01p KEYB.COM
   KEYBOARD SYS        34,566  05-11-98  8:01p KEYBOARD.SYS
   KEYBRD2  SYS        31,942  05-11-98  8:01p KEYBRD2.SYS
   LABEL    EXE         9,324  05-11-98  8:01p LABEL.EXE
   MEM      EXE        32,146  05-11-98  8:01p MEM.EXE
   MODE     COM        29,271  05-11-98  8:01p MODE.COM
   MORE     COM        10,471  05-11-98  8:01p MORE.COM
   MOVE     EXE        27,299  05-11-98  8:01p MOVE.EXE
   MSCDEX   EXE        25,473  05-11-98  8:01p MSCDEX.EXE
   NLSFUNC  EXE         6,940  05-11-98  8:01p NLSFUNC.EXE
   SCANDISK EXE       143,818  05-11-98  8:01p SCANDISK.EXE
   SCANDISK INI         7,329  05-11-98  8:01p SCANDISK.INI
   SMARTDRV EXE        45,379  05-11-98  8:01p SMARTDRV.EXE
   SORT     EXE        25,882  05-11-98  8:01p SORT.EXE
   START    EXE        28,672  05-11-98  8:01p START.EXE
   SUBST    EXE        17,904  05-11-98  8:01p SUBST.EXE
   SYS      COM        18,967  05-11-98  8:01p SYS.COM
   XCOPY    EXE         3,878  05-11-98  8:01p XCOPY.EXE
   XCOPY32  MOD        41,472  05-11-98  8:01p XCOPY32.MOD
   TEMP           <DIR>        08-15-98  5:53p TEMP
   SCANDISK EX~       143,818  05-11-98  1:01p SCANDISK.EX~
   DBLSPACE BAT           397  05-11-98  8:01p DBLSPACE.BAT
   DEFRAG   BAT           333  05-11-98  8:01p DEFRAG.BAT
   DRVSPACE BAT           323  05-11-98  8:01p DRVSPACE.BAT
   SCANDISK BAT           149  05-11-98  8:01p SCANDISK.BAT