Reader Steve P. sends in this question: “I’m running Windows 2000 and want to upgrade my system BIOS. The instructions say to create a bootable disk with the format a:/s command. However, the /s doesn ...

however, the boot floppy that it makes is an MS-DOS disk. You cannot boot with this disk and then view files on an NTFS volume. the NTFS disks to the floppy, or to any FAT 16 hard disks that you might ...

I upgraded to WinXP Home last November after my Win98SE had gotten so unstable that I couldn't stand it (and couldn't seem to find a way to fix it, either). But now I want to play some old games that ...

Sorry for posting on this subject in this Forum. I thought that DOS fell in the OS category. But from what I hear from several of you members, it looks that this is no longer the case, if it ever was.

What is MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)? MS-DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System and is also known as Microsoft DOS. MS-DOS was the Microsoft-marketed version of the first operating ...

A MacFixIt reader reports issues formatting disks in MS-DOS FAT using Apple’s Disk Utility. When storage devices (in this case, flash memory cards) are formatted using Disk Utility, they may not be ...