MS-DOS 1.x-6.22 System File Naming Conventions (63906)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 1.x
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 2.11
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• 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 Q63906
SUMMARY
The two most frequently used naming conventions for system files are the
ones used by Microsoft MS-DOS and IBM for PC-DOS. They are as follows:
Filename Product
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IO.SYS/MS-DOS.SYS Microsoft MS-DOS
IBMBIO.COM/IBMDOS.COM IBM PC-DOS
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/12/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB63906 |
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