Re: Would this proposed workaround for dealing with Windows work?

[Glenn McCorkle]

On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 20:59:38 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:19:57 -0800, rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> "Once I
>> transfer the DOS operating system to the HDD, will I be able to recover
>> my
>> original WIN 95 installation by booting to a WIN 95 system floppy and
>> then
>> transferring the WIN 95 operating system files back to the HDD by using
>> the
>> WIN 95 SYS command?"

<snip>

> I am not the least bit confused about over what you are saying.  I just
> wish someone would address my question that you quoted in the first
> paragraph.  You are not talking about what I asked about.

 Ok Sam. *Now* I understand what you want to do. <g>
So, the answer to your question is.... Yes, it will work fine.

 However, I have a suggestion.
Instead of making the HDD bootable with some other version of DOS and
then putting it back to the way it was if you decide to run W95 again.

1) create a "DOS" directory on the HDD and copy all of your
   DOS-of-choice into it. (including COMMAND.COM)
2) boot from a floppy with *that* DOS on it and have this line in a:\config.sys
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /E:1024 /P
3) remove the floppy from the drive (you won't need it for the remainder of
   this "session")

 This method is as close to 100% "safe" as you can get. <g>


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