Uninstalling MS-DOS on an XtraDrive Compressed Drive (96388)



The information in this article applies to:
    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 Q96388

SYMPTOMS

If you install MS-DOS Upgrade on a machine that is using XtraDrive data- compression software, you cannot uninstall MS-DOS without modifying the Uninstall disk.

WORKAROUND

To successfully uninstall MS-DOS Upgrade:

    Copy XTRADRV.SYS to the Uninstall disk.
    Using MS-DOS Editor, create a CONFIG.SYS file on the Uninstall disk with the following line:
          device=a:\xtradrv.sys
    

    Restart the computer with the Uninstall disk in drive A. (Press the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination.)

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 11/21/1999
Keywords: KB96388