{"id":125,"date":"2004-08-12T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-12T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/how-to-convert-an-existing-windows-95-dos-dual-boot-configuration-to-a-bootit-ng-multi-os-configuration\/"},"modified":"2021-09-06T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:15:15","slug":"how-to-convert-an-existing-windows-95-dos-dual-boot-configuration-to-a-bootit-ng-multi-os-configuration","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/how-to-convert-an-existing-windows-95-dos-dual-boot-configuration-to-a-bootit-ng-multi-os-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert an Existing Windows 95\/DOS Dual-Boot Configuration to a BootIt NG Multi-OS Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These steps will guide you through converting your existing Windows 95\/DOS dual-boot configuration to a BootIt NG Multi-OS configuration. <\/p>\r\n  <p>This article assumes that you have installed BootIt NG, created a menu configuration for Windows 95 and can successfully boot the Windows 95 partition as well as use Windows 95 for Dual Boot. It is also assumed that the partition is&nbsp;<em>not<\/em> FAT32 (DOS will not run under FAT32).<\/p>\r\n  <ol>\r\n    <li>Make sure the last boot was with your Win95 Configuration and that you booted Windows 95 (not DOS), then restart your computer. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>At the BootIt NG boot menu, click&nbsp;the <strong>Maintenance<\/strong> button. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>From the BootIt NG desktop, click&nbsp;the <strong>Partition Work<\/strong> button. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Highlight the Windows 95\/DOS partition from the list and click on <strong>Properties<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Enable Multi-OS on the partition by checking the <strong>Multi-OS<\/strong> check box. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to apply the changes. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>From the BootIt NG desktop, click&nbsp;the <strong>Resume<\/strong> button. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>You should notice a new Window 95 entry added to the boot menu. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Boot from the new Windows 95 item to verify that is is working correctly. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Choose the <strong>Shutdown<\/strong> and <strong>Restart<\/strong> option from Windows 95. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Boot the Windows 95 item again, but as soon as it says <strong>Starting Windows 95<\/strong> quickly press the <strong>F8<\/strong> key&nbsp;to access the Windows 95 Startup Menu. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Choose the <strong>Previous Version of DOS<\/strong> option and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>DOS boots. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Insert a blank diskette into your&nbsp;floppy drive. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>From the C: prompt type in <strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">FORMAT A: \/S<\/font><\/strong> and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>When you return to the C: prompt, copy the external command <strong>SYS<\/strong> to the floppy drive. For example, if your DOS directory was DOS then you would type in <strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">COPY C:&#92;DOS&#92;SYS.* A:&#92;<\/font><\/strong>&nbsp;and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>With your DOS diskette in the floppy drive, type in <strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">A:<\/font><\/strong> and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>From the A: prompt, type in <strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">SYS C:<\/font><\/strong> and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Remove the diskette from the&nbsp;floppy drive. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Restart your computer (press <strong>Ctrl+Alt+Delete<\/strong>). <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>BootIt NG detects a new operating system and automatically configures a new boot item for DOS. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>From the boot menu, choose the Windows 95 Boot Configuration, <em>not<\/em> the DOS configuration that was just created. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>After Windows 95 boots, click <strong>Start<\/strong>, then <strong>Programs<\/strong>, then <strong>MS-DOS Prompt<\/strong> (or click <strong>Start<\/strong>, then <strong>Run<\/strong>, enter <strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">command<\/font><\/strong>, and click <strong>OK<\/strong>). <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Type <font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>CD &#92;<\/strong> <\/font>and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Type <font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>ATTRIB -H -S -R *.DOS<\/strong> <\/font>and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Type <font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>DIR *.DOS<\/strong> <\/font>and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Verify that only 5 files are listed: <strong>IO.DOS<\/strong> (or <strong>IBMBIO.DOS<\/strong>), <strong>MSDOS.DOS<\/strong>, (or <strong>IBMDOS.DOS<\/strong>), <strong>COMMAND.DOS<\/strong>, <strong>AUTOEXEC.DOS<\/strong>, and <strong>CONFIG.DOS<\/strong>. If the 5 files listed are correct, you can delete them by typing <font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>DEL *.DOS<\/strong> <\/font>and pressing <strong>Enter<\/strong>. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Type <font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>EXIT<\/strong> <\/font>and press <strong>Enter<\/strong> to exit the DOS prompt. <br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n  <\/ol>\r\n  <p>This concludes the Multi-OS setup. It's true that the W40 files could have been deleted earlier instead of the DOS files later. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These steps will guide you through converting your existing Windows 95\/DOS dual-boot configuration to a BootIt NG Multi-OS configuration. This article assumes that you have installed BootIt NG, created a menu configuration for Windows 95 and can successfully boot the Windows 95 partition as well as use Windows 95 for Dual Boot. 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