No Warning Beep with MS-DOS 4.x, 5.0 BACKUP Utility (78505)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0

This article was previously published under Q78505

SUMMARY

When using the BACKUP.EXE utility from MS-DOS versions 3.x or earlier, a single short beep will occur before the message warning that the target drive will be erased. With MS-DOS versions 4.x and later, there is no beep before the warning message is displayed. This is by design.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 10/16/2003
Keywords: KB78505