Unbranded 1.44 MB, 3½-inch startup diskette in beige or black containing one of the following operating systems:
Microsoft MS-DOS version 6.22Microsoft Windows 95 (MS-DOS version 7.0)Microsoft Windows 98 (MS-DOS version 7.1)IBM PC DOS version 7.0, revision 1IBM PC DOS version 7.1, revision 0IBM OS/2 version 2.0
Read the summary and review the details that follow before choosing a diskette. I created the diskettes from scratch, except for the Windows 98 and OS/2 options, selecting programs that aid in managing disk drives and files. All of the diskettes boot to a command prompt. File contents and startup configuration (CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT) of each diskette option are detailed after the summary. All the diskettes can access FAT volumes, but only the Windows 98 and PC DOS 7.1 options can access FAT32 and only the OS/2 option can access HPFS. None of these can access NTFS drives typical of modern-day Microsoft Windows. All the diskettes are rewritable—they have write-protect tabs and the ones that I created have a text editor (E.EXE or EDIT.COM).MS-DOS 6.22: Microsoft MS-DOS version 6.22 (May 31, 1994) with many disk and file management programs that are included in the operating system distribution. PS/2 and serial mouse support is included; CD-ROM support is not included. Use this diskette for the many DOS programs on a single 1.44 MB diskette.Windows 95: Microsoft MS-DOS version 7.0 (July 11, 1995) with many disk and file management programs that are included with version 6.22. CD-ROM support is included; mouse support is not included. Use this diskette to install Microsoft Windows 95 from CD-ROM.
Windows 98: Microsoft MS-DOS version 7.1 (April 26, 1999). Contains many IDE and SCSI CD-ROM device drivers. Supports FAT32. Created by Microsoft or a PC vendor to install Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition from CD-ROM. Includes only a few disk and file management programs in a separate cabinet file (EBD.CAB), therefore this is best paired with the Windows setup CD.PC DOS 7.0: IBM PC DOS version 7.0, revision 1 (April 30, 1998) with many disk and file management programs that are included in IBM PC DOS 2000, including DOS Shell, a file manager with a graphical user interface. PS/2 and serial mouse and IDE CD-ROM support are included. Use this diskette for the many DOS programs and CD-ROM support on a single 1.44 MB diskette.PC DOS 7.1: IBM PC DOS version 7.1, revision 0 (December 4, 2003). Contains several DOS programs not included with IBM PC DOS 2000, like IBM Secure Data Disposal Utility (SCRUB3.EXE) and system power off (TSHUDWN.EXE). NOVAC USB mass-storage support version 1.07 (USBASPI.SYS) is included and configured for USB specification 1.1 (USB specification 2.0 and later arenot supported). Supports FAT32. Use this diskette to transfer files to a USB flash drive from a FAT or FAT32 drive on late 1990s to early 2000s systems with USB specification 1.1.OS/2 2.0: IBM Operating System/2 version 2.0 (March 30, 1992). This diskette is created by the option to make a startup diskette in IBM OS/2 version 2.0. Command prompt only. Does not contain any programs or device drivers. Use this diskette to access HPFS volumes or as upgrade compliance during Microsoft Windows 95 setup using upgrade media.
Microsoft MS-DOS version 6.22 3½-inch startup diskette
Volume in drive A is MSDOS622Directory of A:\
IO SYS 40,774 05-31-94 6:22aMSDOS SYS 38,138 05-31-94 6:22aATTRIB EXE 11,208 05-31-94 6:22aAUTOEXEC BAT 61 05-31-94 6:22aCHKDSK EXE 12,241 05-31-94 6:22aCOMMAND COM 54,645 05-31-94 6:22aCONFIG SYS 55 05-31-94 6:22aDEBUG EXE 15,718 05-31-94 6:22aDEFRAG EXE 79,065 05-31-94 6:22aDEFRAG HLP 9,227 05-31-94 6:22aDELTREE EXE 11,111 05-31-94 6:22aDOSKEY COM 5,861 05-31-94 6:22aEDIT COM 413 05-31-94 6:22aEDIT HLP 17,898 05-31-94 6:22aEMM386 EXE 120,926 05-31-94 6:22aFDISK EXE 29,336 05-31-94 6:22aFIND EXE 6,770 05-31-94 6:22aFORMAT COM 22,974 05-31-94 6:22aHIMEM SYS 29,136 05-31-94 6:22aINTERLNK EXE 17,197 05-31-94 6:22aINTERSVR EXE 37,426 05-31-94 6:22aLABEL EXE 9,390 05-31-94 6:22aMEM EXE 32,502 05-31-94 6:22aMODE COM 23,569 05-31-94 6:22aMORE COM 2,545 05-31-94 6:22aMOUSE COM 56,408 05-31-94 6:22aMOUSE INI 22 05-31-94 6:22aMOVE EXE 18,319 05-31-94 6:22aMSD EXE 165,864 05-31-94 6:22aQBASIC EXE 194,309 05-31-94 6:22aQBASIC HLP 130,881 05-31-94 6:22aRAMDRIVE SYS 5,873 05-31-94 6:22aREPLACE EXE 20,274 05-31-94 6:22aSCANDISK EXE 124,262 05-31-94 6:22aSCANDISK INI 6,920 05-31-94 6:22aSETVER EXE 12,015 05-31-94 6:22aSORT EXE 6,938 05-31-94 6:22aSYS COM 9,432 05-31-94 6:22aTREE COM 6,945 05-31-94 6:22aUNDELETE EXE 26,416 05-31-94 6:22aUNFORMAT COM 12,738 05-31-94 6:22aXCOPY EXE 16,930 05-31-94 6:22a 42 file(s) 1,442,732 bytes 4,608 bytes NOEMS
AUTOEXEC.BAT
PROMPT $P$GPATH A:\LH MOUSE.COMLH DOSKEY.COM
Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.00.950 3½-inch startup diskette
Volume in drive A is MSWIN400950Directory of A:\
IO SYS 223,148 07-11-95 9:50aMSDOS SYS 9 07-11-95 9:50aATTRIB EXE 15,252 07-11-95 9:50aAUTOEXEC BAT 33 07-11-95 9:50aCHKDSK EXE 27,248 07-11-95 9:50aCOMMAND COM 92,870 07-11-95 9:50aCONFIG SYS 48 07-11-95 9:50aDEBUG EXE 20,522 07-11-95 9:50aDELTREE EXE 19,019 07-11-95 9:50aDISKCOPY COM 21,959 07-11-95 9:50aDOSKEY COM 15,431 07-11-95 9:50aDRVSPACE BIN 71,287 07-11-95 9:50aEDIT HLP 10,790 07-11-95 9:50aEDIT COM 69,886 07-11-95 9:50aEXTRACT EXE 46,656 07-11-95 9:50aFC EXE 20,494 07-11-95 9:50aFDISK EXE 59,128 07-11-95 9:50aFIND EXE 6,658 07-11-95 9:50aFORMAT COM 40,135 07-11-95 9:50aHIMEM SYS 32,935 07-11-95 9:50aINTERLNK EXE 17,197 07-11-95 9:50aINTERSVR EXE 37,426 07-11-95 9:50aLABEL EXE 9,260 07-11-95 9:50aLOADFIX COM 1,131 07-11-95 9:50aMEM EXE 32,082 07-11-95 9:50aMODE COM 29,191 07-11-95 9:50aMORE COM 10,471 07-11-95 9:50aMOVE EXE 27,235 07-11-95 9:50aMSCDEX EXE 25,473 07-11-95 9:50aMSD EXE 166,099 07-11-95 9:50aMTMCDAI SYS 14,221 10-14-95 1:44aSCANDISK INI 7,270 07-11-95 9:50aSCANDISK EXE 134,738 07-11-95 9:50aSHARE EXE 10,304 07-11-95 9:50aSORT EXE 25,802 07-11-95 9:50aSUBST EXE 17,904 07-11-95 9:50aSYS COM 13,239 07-11-95 9:50aUNDELETE EXE 26,416 07-11-95 9:50aXCOPY EXE 3,878 07-11-95 9:50aXCOPY32 EXE 40,960 07-11-95 9:50a 40 file(s) 1,443,805 bytes 1,024 bytes /D:ATAPI000
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition version 4.10.2222 3½-inch startup diskette
Volume in drive A is BOOTDISKDirectory of A:\
AUTOEXEC BAT 449 04-26-99 12:20pCONFIG SYS 851 04-26-99 12:20pASPI2DOS SYS 35,330 04-26-99 12:20pASPI4DOS SYS 14,386 04-26-99 12:20pASPI8DOS SYS 37,564 04-26-99 12:20pASPI8U2 SYS 40,792 04-26-99 12:20pASPICD SYS 29,620 04-26-99 12:20pBTCDROM SYS 21,971 04-26-99 12:20pBTDOSM SYS 30,955 04-26-99 12:20pEBD CAB 272,206 04-26-99 12:20pEXTRACT EXE 93,242 04-26-99 12:20pFINDCD EXE 8,009 04-26-99 12:20pFDISK EXE 63,916 04-26-99 12:20pFLASHPT SYS 64,425 04-26-99 12:20pHIMEM SYS 33,191 04-26-99 12:20pMSCDEX EXE 25,473 04-26-99 12:20pOAKCDROM SYS 41,302 04-26-99 12:20pCOMMAND COM 93,890 04-26-99 12:20pIO SYS 222,390 04-26-99 12:20pMSDOS SYS 4 04-26-99 12:20p 20 file(s) 1,129,966 bytes 323,072 bytes Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM.menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support.menuitem=NOCD, Start computer without CD-ROM /testmem:offdevice=oakcdrom.sys /D:oemcd001
[CD]device=himem.sys /testmem:offdevice=oakcdrom.sys /D:oemcd001
[NOCD]device=himem.sys EXPAND=YESSET DIRCMD=/O:Nclsset temp=c:\set tmp=c:\path=a:\
IF "%config%"=="NOCD" GOTO QUITLH MSCDEX.EXE /D:oemcd001 /L:D
echo.IF "%config%"=="SETUP_CD" goto AUTOSETUPGOTO QUIT
:AUTOSETUPset CDROM=FOO23FINDCD.EXEif "%CDROM%"=="FOO23" goto NOCDROMpath=a:\;%CDROM%\%CDROM%cd \WIN98echo.OEMSETUP.EXEgoto QUIT
:NOCDROMecho.echo The Windows 98 Setup files were not found.echo.
:QUIT
IBM PC DOS version 7.0, revision 1 3½-inch startup diskette
Volume in drive A is IBMPCDOS700Directory of A:\
IBMBIO COM 40,726 04-30-98 1:00pIBMDOS COM 37,066 04-30-98 1:00pACALC EXE 22,851 04-30-98 1:00pAPPEND EXE 7,735 04-30-98 1:00pASSIGN COM 5,102 04-30-98 1:00pATTRIB EXE 8,664 04-30-98 1:00pAUTOEXEC BAT 88 04-30-98 1:00pBACKUP COM 22,559 04-30-98 1:00pCHKDSK COM 13,470 04-30-98 1:00pCHOICE COM 1,596 04-30-98 1:00pCOMMAND COM 52,965 04-30-98 1:00pCONFIG SYS 92 04-30-98 1:00pDEBUG COM 15,302 04-30-98 1:00pDEFRAG HLP 9,047 04-30-98 1:00pDEFRAG EXE 77,593 04-30-98 1:00pDELTREE EXE 5,414 04-30-98 1:00pDISKCOMP COM 7,638 04-30-98 1:00pDISKCOPY COM 9,344 04-30-98 1:00pDOSKEY COM 5,842 04-30-98 1:00pDOSSHELL HLP 161,677 04-30-98 1:00pDOSSHELL EXE 140,336 04-30-98 1:00pDOSSHELL VID 9,462 04-30-98 1:00pDOSSHELL INI 13,897 04-30-98 1:00pDOSSHELL COM 2,274 04-30-98 1:00pDOSSHELL GRB 4,421 04-30-98 1:00pDOSSWAP EXE 14,504 04-30-98 1:00pE EX 51,754 04-30-98 1:00pE EXE 56,821 04-30-98 1:00pE INI 1,290 04-30-98 1:00pEHELP HLP 31,198 04-30-98 1:00pEJECT EXE 5,140 04-30-98 1:00pEMM386 EXE 119,390 04-30-98 1:00pFC EXE 10,612 04-30-98 1:00pFDISK COM 27,817 04-30-98 1:00pFIND EXE 5,814 04-30-98 1:00pFORMAT COM 24,300 04-30-98 1:00pHIMEM SYS 14,160 04-30-98 1:00pIBMIDECD SYS 16,123 11-03-97 1:45aINTERLNK EXE 17,197 04-30-98 1:00pINTERSVR EXE 26,803 04-30-98 1:00pJOIN EXE 10,279 04-30-98 1:00pLABEL COM 4,179 04-30-98 1:00pLOADFIX COM 1,022 04-30-98 1:00pMEM EXE 16,231 04-30-98 1:00pMODE COM 15,777 04-30-98 1:00pMORE COM 2,442 04-30-98 1:00pMOUSE INI 22 04-30-98 1:00pMOUSE COM 37,681 04-30-98 1:00pMOVE EXE 12,160 04-30-98 1:00pMSCDEX EXE 21,180 04-30-98 1:00pPRINT COM 10,072 04-30-98 1:00pQCONFIG EXE 63,367 04-30-98 1:00pRAMDRIVE SYS 5,067 04-30-98 1:00pREPLACE EXE 11,813 04-30-98 1:00pRESTORE COM 23,150 04-30-98 1:00pSETVER EXE 10,672 04-30-98 1:00pSORT EXE 4,887 04-30-98 1:00pSUBST EXE 9,157 04-30-98 1:00pSYS COM 9,702 04-30-98 1:00pTREE COM 5,247 04-30-98 1:00pUNFORMAT COM 12,614 04-30-98 1:00pXCOPY EXE 11,614 04-30-98 1:00pXDF COM 3,390 04-30-98 1:00pXDFCOPY EXE 31,737 04-30-98 1:00p 64 file(s) 1,431,546 bytes 10,240 bytes NOEMSDEVICEHIGH=IBMIDECD.SYS /D:IBMCD001
AUTOEXEC.BAT
PROMPT $P$GPATH A:\LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:IBMCD001LH MOUSE.COMLH DOSKEY.COM
IBM PC DOS version 7.1, revision 0 3½-inch startup diskette
Volume in drive A is IBMPCDOSUSBDirectory of A:\
IBMBIO COM 44,656 12-04-03 6:56aIBMDOS COM 42,566 12-04-03 6:56aALTBOOT EXE 26,495 11-19-04 8:54aAUTOEXEC BAT 32 12-04-03 6:56aBLDLEVEL COM 20,261 12-04-03 6:55aBOOT132 BS 512 12-04-03 6:55aCLINI EXE 132,334 01-24-08 3:45aCLINI32 EXE 90,112 11-19-04 8:54aCOMMAND COM 53,802 12-04-03 6:55aCONFIG SYS 45 12-04-03 6:56aDEBUG COM 24,945 12-04-03 6:55aDI1000DD SYS 16,368 08-16-01 2:00aDISKDOS EXE 54,200 02-12-02 11:07aDYNALOAD COM 1,792 12-04-03 6:55aE EX 51,754 04-30-98 1:00pE EXE 56,821 04-30-98 1:00pE INI 1,290 04-30-98 1:00pEHELP HLP 31,198 04-30-98 1:00pFDISK32 COM 21,418 12-04-03 6:55aFINDRAM BAT 1,399 05-28-04 5:39aFINDRAM EXE 3,879 01-24-08 3:47aFORMAT COM 36,166 06-29-05 8:02aFORMAT32 COM 20,352 12-04-03 6:55aHIMEM SYS 14,592 12-04-03 6:55aIBMCDET SYS 2,247 04-30-04 4:20aIBMIDECD SYS 16,123 10-01-03 5:26aIPSRASPI SYS 47,602 10-01-04 9:14aLINECOMB EXE 20,593 01-24-08 3:48aLOADDSKF EXE 14,168 12-02-03 11:10pMAKEBOOT BAT 1,582 11-22-03 3:16aMSCDEX EXE 21,180 12-04-03 6:56aNOINT25 COM 1,124 12-04-03 6:56aREBOOT COM 48 09-17-03 5:12aSAVEDSKF EXE 12,937 12-02-03 11:10pSAVESTAT EXE 100,254 01-24-08 3:46aSCRUB3 EXE 106,236 02-22-05 3:19aSLEEP EXE 9,215 01-24-08 3:46aTSHUDWN EXE 3,041 01-26-06 7:48aUSBASPI SYS 43,528 05-25-01 1:07a 39 file(s) 1,146,867 bytes 301,568 bytes /V $P$GPATH A:\
IBM OS/2 version 2.0 3½-inch startup diskette
Volume in drive A is IBM OS2 200Directory of A:\
OS2 <DIR> 03-30-92 12:00pCONFIG SYS 336 03-30-92 12:00pCOUNTRY SYS 24,604 03-30-92 12:00pEA DATA SF 4,608 03-30-92 12:00pOS2BOOT 1,099 03-30-92 12:00pOS2KRNL 716,044 03-30-92 12:00pOS2LDR 32,256 03-30-92 12:00pOS2LDR MSG 8,440 03-30-92 12:00p 7 file(s) 787,387 bytes 98,304 bytes free
Directory of A:\OS2
DLL <DIR> 03-30-92 12:00pCLOCK01 SYS 3,666 03-30-92 12:00pCMD EXE 87,552 03-30-92 12:00pHPFS IFS 125,466 03-30-92 12:00pIBM1FLPY ADD 24,026 03-30-92 12:00pIBM1S506 ADD 12,908 03-30-92 12:00pKBD01 SYS 29,013 03-30-92 12:00pKEYBOARD DCP 5,177 03-30-92 12:00pOS2DASD DMD 31,994 03-30-92 12:00pSCREEN01 SYS 1,441 03-30-92 12:00pVTBL850 DCP 10,478 03-30-92 12:00p 10 file(s) 331,721 bytes 98,304 bytes free
Directory of A:\OS2\DLL
ANSICALL DLL 438 03-30-92 12:00pBKSCALLS DLL 401 03-30-92 12:00pBMSCALLS DLL 398 03-30-92 12:00pBVHINIT DLL 9,203 03-30-92 12:00pBVSCALLS DLL 454 03-30-92 12:00pDOSCALL1 DLL 87,884 03-30-92 12:00pKBDCALLS DLL 858 03-30-92 12:00pMOUCALLS DLL 1,010 03-30-92 12:00pMSG DLL 477 03-30-92 12:00pNAMPIPES DLL 711 03-30-92 12:00pNLS DLL 465 03-30-92 12:00pNPXEMLTR DLL 25,280 03-30-92 12:00pOS2CHAR DLL 56,320 03-30-92 12:00pQUECALLS DLL 14,994 03-30-92 12:00pSESMGR DLL 31,256 03-30-92 12:00pVIOCALLS DLL 1,825 03-30-92 12:00p 16 file(s) 231,974 bytes 98,304 bytes PATH=\OS2SET KEYS=ON