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Installing MSDOS on hard disk.

Hello. Greetings on the Blog page of Computer76, now we will install MS-DOS on the computer. And immediately for what we need.

This article is a predetermined installation of a more modern Windows operating system on a computer or laptop, where neither CD / DVD drives, nor USB / SD connectors work.

In our case, the usefulness of the installation is determined by the fact that the operating system MS-DOS not attached to installed equipment No finished assembly. By installing it on a USB flash drive or a hard disk, you can subsequently install any operating system on any computer or laptop (netbook) on the same HDD (netbook).

Installing MSDOS. We will need:

First, visit the manufacturer's website and download the DOS-distribution, flouring on the green button of ISO-downloads. At the time of this writing, the location of the buttons on this page is:

However, it is possible that the page interface will change. But I am sure that you will find all the necessary links there.

Immediately, I want to note that there is an opportunity, however some computers do not support the download from USB devices, and sometimes they simply refused to see DOS with the USB boot from the BIOS. You then will have to take advantage of the article. An option with a loading with DVD drive is always sureless.

And. After rebooting, the installation manager window must meet:

Press the key Yapter. And get into the installation menu.

Press 1. You will encounter a language selection menu. I advise you to leave English, there is nothing in Russian there is nothing anyway, or a great probability that will be displayed in incomprehensible encoding:

By pressing the input button, the installer message will appear that it cannot determine the HDD disk volumes. But Litera FROM He managed to assign:

Ride again ENTER. Let's leave Prepare The Harddisk for Freedos... "and pimp again ENTER. You will see a window with your hard disk. I have this, you will have the volume to others:

We continue the Enter key. Left from above will get out the window options. Choose New Partition– PRIMARY PARTITION.. And we take a disk with a future DOS place. Remember that DOS does not see large volumes: for sizes from the 2 GB space for DOS do not exist at all:

Click Input and confirm in the menu on the right START OF FREE SPACE. You will meet a dialog box with the question of initializing the place under the section on the disk before the formatting procedure. Choose YES:

Click ENTER. Also in the next window again select Yes and press Input. In a new window, information will appear on how the space of your HDD will look, if you start work right now. The C will be formatted under FAT16 with a volume of 150 MB, the rest will remain incomprehensible. Let's go there too, in the future it will be useful:

The arrow down down and repeat the previous movements, only let the second disk be logical. Click again a couple of times Yesto take a look at the resulting picture. Both disks will have FAT16 file system. For the first disk, where MSDOS will be made, this is the most. But for the second part of the hard drive, it is not necessary. There may be any, and you can change it right now. Just press the input key again and the settings window will appear on the right again:

Choose PARTITION TYPE. And specify the type of disk system like. I will choose FAT32. Again two times Yes, pm F3. and in the query window will choose YesSo that the utility begun to perform actions:

Click input and:

Perhaps you have to wait. The next window will propose to reboot. The boot disk (I have an external box, on which Windows boot images are located for all occasions) from the drive, do not remove and reboot. After rebooting, our HDD is ready for reception on board MS-DOS, and in a friend, we already choose the window again Install to Hard Drive. Again Formatting Warning:

After that, in the DOS window you will have to introduce handles Yes . Press the input key after the appearance of a series of dialog and guiding windows, in the windows of utilities that will be installed in MS-DOS descend the down-bed to the word Done Plus input key with YES Select:

And so in all windows until the installation window itself appears. Do not touch anything while a status bar on a blue background The flashing with a flashing screen will not be thrown into the end of the installation, which will be marked by the record Done Installing This Disk Series at first. Click on any key ( Press Any Key to Continue) and repeat the procedure with windows with Done Sould not needed. After completing, restart the computer, deleting the boot disk from the drive. Installing MSDOS completed.

Choose the first option and you can start work.

Installing MSDOS. Part Two - Supplement.

As expected, the developments presented the following part of the DOS OS with the name Freedos 1.2. As a result, the principle of installation from the moment of injection. Therefore, it was decided to continue the article with the Freedos 1.2 setting on the VirtualBox virtual machine.

The zip archive is running, which is unpacking at a comfortable place. There are three files. We will need those that have extension.img I.Vmdk. They mean that to install MSDOSs on the virtual machine everything is ready. Copy them closer. Once so - we went.

Run VirtualBox. Create a new car. In order not to be confused in the settings, start the DOS - VirtualBox OR OR Row will automatically determine the desired OS installation and will weld the parameters for the desired settings. You can leave them by default, but I always add performance if the axis is not easy to "for see".

Immediately, specify the VMDK virtual disk file in the folder that has just turned out after unzipping. At this stage, look at my settings:

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After closing the settings window, click Create. The car is ready for launch, but so far nothing will work.

Now launch Daemontools and mount the disk image from the file.img. Note the letter of the virtual drive - it will be needed in the further settings of the virtual machine. To them and come back.

In the VirtualBox window, click on the toolbar created by the OS Tune – Carriers. A window of virtual hard and optical disks opens. Add two devices at once: dynamic hard disk and optical drive. To create a disc, use the dug button at the bottom:

as you can see, I have all the media added - do also

In the window that appears after the window, select Create a new diskLeave the type VDI, Dynamic ... Disc.

To select a drive, highlight in the window Carriers information drawing with a blank and on the right in the window Attributes Click on the same icon and listed Select an image of an optical disk Specify the path to the virtual drive created by Daemontools:

That's it. You can run. Installation language - English. In this window, the installer will ask about the installation on a hard or return to the command input mode:

After a short time, the installer will be asked to reboot. Agree and in the next session you are already in MSDOS:

Welcome to the next article. Today I will tell you how to install MS DOS 6.22 RUS in Oracle VM VirtualBox.

The installation process is very few different from the usual installation to the computer.
To begin with, we need to download MS DOS 6.22 (diskette image files.img). After downloading additional files so that MS DOS 6.22 is able to recognize Russian characters.
You can download Oracle VM VirtualBox at this link (http://www.virtualbox.org/).
Install and run the VirtualBox program.
Click point CreateA wizard will open the creation of a new virtual machine, click Next.
Fill out the machine name and the type of operating system.

We set the number of RAM, which will be available to the OS, usually determine automatically, add to your discretion, you can usually click simply next.

Next, specify the maximum virtual hard disk rummer, usually automatically determine if you need to add more space.
But first, we need to create a new hard drive, for this we click Next, we choose the type at your discretion, I recommend choosing VHD, since it is a more compatible with other system virutation systems.
Hard disk attributes I reconcted to install a virtual dynamic disk, since when transferring it takes less space and increases as it fills it with information.
Next, you need to specify the METO of the Rositting of the Virtual Disc Return on our computer, by default it goes to the user folder, the VirtualBox VMS folder.
In the same place, we specify the rosemer by moving the label or manually enter the Rosimer of the disc in MB in the field.

In the end, press the Create button.
Remove into a temporary folder images of a floppy disk from the archive that we downloaded.

Add floppy and select the image, specifying the path to the first diskette image.

We switched to the item. System and prediating whether the loading from floppy is raped, waiting for it. It must be a rosembrane at the very top.
If this is not the case, select our device and click on the shooter on the right moving down or up. As we can reflect other settings.
After completing the system settings, click OK.
Next, in the list of programs, choose our virtual machine by press the start point.

After that, the MS DOS 6.22 Installation window.

To continue the installation, press Enter, press F1 for reference, press F7 to install on a floppy disk. Following the recommendations of the wizard.
Select Configure Unallocfted Disk Space and Enter.
After the current window appears that you need to restart the computer and insert the first diskette, it does not need it, since we have already set up (inserted), just press the input.

We still expect the preparation until the preparation is completed and a window will appear with the settings of the parameters, all that can be configured to configure this date and then it is automatically determined, because we select the Setting Are Correct and press the input.
Next, you need to specify the disk where the OS will be installed. By default, in VirtualBox it will be C: \\ DOS, all that is left to click Enter, if you need to install DOS to another place proto register where, for example D: \\ DOS.

Next, we need to insert a floppy disk number 2 and press ENTER.
To do this, at the bottom of the window on the right, press the right mouse button on the floppy icon and select the image of the flexible disk number 2.

We continue the installation, we set the following image, similar to the predicable method.
Finally, at the bottom of the window on the right, press the right mouse button on the floppy icon and select the item to raise the drive from the drive. Press the input.
Here is the window that announces that our MS DOS 6.22 is successfully installed, reboot.

Now we have to rushes our MS DOS 6.22.
To do this, we need to copy files from the second archive along the path C: \\ DOS.
All this can be done with the help of a command line, but it is not everyone is given to understand and is not very easy to implement if we first encountered.
How to make with the help of a command line, I will describe a bed, and we will do more slyly.
But for this we will need additional manipulations.
So we need to install in VirtualBox - Windows XP, here I will not describe the installation process here, but if it should be writing an obscurity.
Let us allow that Windows XP has been successfully installed. We turn to the case, select Windows XP from the list and press the item Properties - media.
Click add a new hard drive - select an existing disc, specify the path to the disk with our MS DOS 6.22

Upload Windows XP. Using the file manager, load files along the path D: \\ DOS - where D: - disk with MS DOS 6.22. Also I recommend copying some kind of file manager DOS - Volkovander Commander or Norton Commander.
Next you need to edit the autoexec.bat files, config.sys. We absorb using AKELPAD notepad.
In file AUTOEXEC.BAT. We prescribe the following:

@Echo off
mODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE \u003d \u200b\u200b((866) C: \\ DOS \\ EGA3.CPI)
mode Con Codepage SELECT \u003d 866
keyB RU, C: \\ dos \\ Keybrd3.sys
Set temp \u003d c: \\
LH DOS \\ SmartDrv.exe
LH DOS \\ Keyrus.com
LH DOS \\ Mouse.com
LH DOS \\ MSCDEX.EXE / D: CDDRiver
Prompt $ P $ G
Path C: \\ dos
SET TEMP \u003d C: \\ dos

In file Config.sys. :

Device \u003d C: \\ dos \\ setVer.exe
Device \u003d C: \\ dos \\ himem.sys
Device \u003d C: \\ dos \\ display.sys con \u003d (EGA, 1)
DeviceHigh \u003d C: \\ dos \\ vide_cdd.sys / d: cddriver
Country \u003d 007,866, C: \\ dos \\ country.sys
DOS \u003d HIGH
Files \u003d 30.

It seems that everything your system should be Russified, and you can already use the full MS DOS 6.22 Rus.
If suddenly you have any error check that now OS is loaded from the hard disk.
Let's start MS DOS 6.22 Rus, and let's see everything is fine.
For control simply use commands. What commands you can find out if you need to enter the Help command.
For a detailed description of each command, you need to enter the XCOPY / command?
If you find it difficult to manage a command line in the file
Next after LH DOS \\ MSCDEX.EXE / D: CDDRIVER row.

The hard disk in the end should be broken into two C and D disc:

C - for DOS (FAT16 file system);
D - for Win XP (FAT32 or NTFS it all depends on whether it is necessary to see it from under DOS or not).

Laptop with a drive, you will need:

Boot Files (System Fools command.. com.);
FDISK;
Format.

Laptop without a drive, you will need:

Boot disk (WinXP or Win98);
Program partition.magic;
Norton.or Volkov Commander.

As practice has shown it is impossible to boot from new ZVER DVD bootings

1 stage (disk cleaning)

Cleaning options, it is:

Win XP installation disk;
PARTITION MAGIC program.

Clean hard disk through installing Win XP

In fact, I will not be able to install anything, just reach the stage how it is issued to choose the OS found and the disc found, where we will delete them all.

We start using the XP disk, we start the installation as soon as I found the installed OS on our hard disk, delete all sections that there are (as well as all the placed areas, they are not needed)

The disk should remain not marked without any disks C or D (pure empty not formatted)

Format through this disk will not work, as it formats only at least underFat.32, and we currentFat.16 Suitable.

Run it begin to divide the hard drive, well, the most important thing is to create the main Active section By DOS (you can only single out for it 1-2 GB)

All the rest of the space can not be broken and not to divide it Win XP will take it

Clean hard disk through Partition Magic

After installing Microsoft Undelete, Microsoft Anti-Virus and Microsoft Backup programs, the Program Manager window adds "Microsoft Tools", which contains their pictograms. The Program Manager menu adds the "Tools" menu.

new version of the Emm386.exe driver;

The new version of the EMM386.exe driver provides access to a greater number of upper memory blocks. This allows you to free up more basic memory for MS-DOS programs.

new versions of Loadhigh and Devicehigh commands;

New versions of Loadhigh and DeviceHigh commands allow you to specify a memory area into which programs and drivers are loaded.

computer Run Memory Optimization Tool - Memmaker Program;

The MS-DOS version 6.0 includes the Memmaker program, which allows 80386 on computers to optimize the use of RAM. Memmaker adjusts config.sys and autoexec.bat files in such a way that loading drivers and resident programs is possible in advanced memory. Thereby increasing the amount of basic RAM, available MS-DOS programs.

the possibility of step by step execution of the commands of the config.sys file.

If when loading the operating system, when "Starting MS-DOS ..." is displayed on the screen, press the key, then in this case, the config.sys and autoexec.bat configuration files are executed and the MS-DOS invitation appears immediately.

You can also execute the config.sys file commands in step-by-step mode, confirming the execution of each command. To do this, at the time of loading MS-DOS you need to press the key.

The next command will be displayed on the screen and the menu following it "?". If now press the command key will be executed, and if you click the command will be skipped. After performing all the config.sys file commands, "Process Autoexec.bat?" Appears on the screen. To go to execute the AUTOEXEC.BAT file commands, press the key. If you do not want to execute AUTOEXEC.BAT, press the key.

9.7. How to Create Menu in config.sys and autoexec.bat

MENUITEM \u003d Windows, configuration for Windows Menuitem \u003d Lexicon, configuration for lexicon Menuitem \u003d Standart, standard configuration device \u003d c: \\ dos \\ himem.sys dos \u003d high buffers \u003d 15 Device \u003d C: dos \\ emm386 noems dos \u003d high, umb devicehigh \u003d C: \\ dos \\ smartdrv.exe 2048 1024 Device \u003d C: \\ dos \\ smartdrv.exe 2048 device \u003d c: \\ dos \\ setver.sys device \u003d c: dos \\ emm386 noems dos \u003d high, umb devicehigh \u003d c: \\ This config.sys file contains a description of three different configurations - configurations to work in the Windows operating system environment, configurations to work with the textual processor of the lexicone and configuration to work in the MS-DOS operating system.

For all three configurations, commands that are in the block are executed. There are two commands: Device \u003d C: \\ dos \\ himem.sys and dos \u003d high. These commands are downloading the enlarged memory manager of the Himem.sys, and allow MS-DOS to use the older memory area (HMA).

After performing these two commands, the main menu appears on the screen defined in the block:

_ Configuration for Windows Condition for Lexicon Standard Configuration

When you choose the configuration that you want to download, press the key. After that, commands will be executed from the corresponding block of the block to the selected element -, or.

In conclusion, the Files \u003d 40 command is executed, located in the last block. On this interpretation of the config.sys file ends and MS-DOS starts to execute the autoexec.bat command file.

If necessary, you can branch inside the AUTOEXEC.BAT file based on the configuration config.sys selected in the CONFIG.SYS menu. For this purpose, a special environment variable CONFIG. When executing the config.sys file commands, the CONFIG variable is assigned the name of the block of the selected configuration.

In the AUTOEXEC.BAT command file, you can check the value of the CONFIG variable and depending on its value to perform various commands. To check the status of the environment of the CONFIG environment, you can use the commands and.

Consider as an example of AUTOEXEC.BAT for the previous example.

set temp \u003d c: \\ temp c: \\ dos \\ mode\u003e nul con cp prep \u003d (((866) c: \\ dos \\ ega.cpi) C: \\ dos \\ Mode\u003e NUL CON CP SEL \u003d 866 Loadhigh C: \\ UT \\ Swakeyb.com REM !!! Turn to a label corresponding to the value of REM !!! CONFIG GOTO% CONFIG environment: Windows Path C: \\ win; c: \\ dos; E: \\ NC; C: \\ UT; D: \\ NU7; E: \\ BC \\ Bin; D: \\ WINWORD; Loadhigh C: \\ Win \\ SmartDrv.exe 2048 1024 Loadhigh C: \\ Win \\ Mouse.com Win Goto End_: Lexicon Path C: \\ Lex; C: \\ DOS; E: \\ NC; C: \\ UT; D: \\ NU7 ; E: \\ BC \\ Bin; C: \\ dos \\ smartdrv.exe 2048 C: \\ Mouse \\ Mouse.com Lex Goto End: Standart Path C: \\ dos; E: \\ NC; C: \\ UT; D: \\ NU7; E: \\ BC \\ Bin; Loadhigh C: \\ dos \\ smartdrv.exe 2048 Loadhigh C: \\ Mouse \\ Mouse.com NC Goto End: End

When MS-DOS begins to execute commands from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, the TEMP environment variable is installed first, then fonts containing Cyrillic characters are loaded.

Then, by the Goto% Config% command, the control is transmitted to the label corresponding to the name of the selected configuration unit. The names of the configuration blocks are listed in the menu description block in the config.sys file.

Thus, depending on which configuration is selected in the menu, the control will go to one of three marks - Windows, Lexicon or Standart. At the same time, only their commands are performed for each configuration. After executing the commands following the marks, the control goes to the END label and the execution of the AUTOEXEC.BAT command file is completed.

For example, if when interpreting the config.sys file, you selected the element of the main menu with the "Configuration for Windows" element, the CONFIG environment variable takes Windows and the control will switch to the label: Windows.

Here is the installation of the PATH environment variable, the disk cache driver and the mouse driver are loaded. Then the Windows operating system is loaded.

9.8. Why there are no Russian characters in MS-DOS

A set of characters that can be displayed on the screen of your computers in text and graphic modes MS-DOS is located in a constant storage device (ROM) chip of the video adapter.

Windows operating system, unlike MS-DOS, does not use characters from the video adapter ROM. To display characters, Windows uses font sets stored in special files.

Typically, a standard standard advanced set of ASCII characters is recorded in the video adapter ROM. This set does not contain Cyrillic characters and, therefore, the computer cannot display them on the display screen.

For the "Russification" of video adapters, you can either reprogram the ROM adapter, or use special resident programs that replacing the video adapter symbol set by their own.

"Rusification" of video adapters at the ROM level allows you to continue to save a multiple kilobyte of the computer's RAM, as the need to use special resident programs will disappear. In addition, if you are not lucky and the CGA or Hercules video adapter is installed on your computer, the ROM reprogramming is the only possibility (except, of course, replacing the video adapter, which, by the way, in this case, preferably) to display the symbols of Cyrillic in text modes.

However, to reprogram the ROM video adapter, special hardware and information about the location in the font set is needed. Thus, the ROM reprogramming is a very difficult task and can be performed only by highly qualified specialists.

When "Russification" of the video adapter, using special programs, you must download a small residence module into the computer's RAM. This resident module will replace the set of characters recorded in the ROM video adapter.

In the "How to Russify MS-DOS" will describe the process of Russification of the video adapter in more detail.

In addition to performing the video adapter Russification, you must "Russify" the computer keyboard. Typically, the keyboards do not contain special keys to enter Russian characters. For "Russifying" keyboards are designed special resident programs. After loading, they remain in RAM and track the user pressing a certain key combination, such as the right key and the left key. After the user presses this key combination, the characters corresponding to the keyboard keys are overridden.

Now pressing the keyboard keys will cause the input of non-Latin, but Russian characters. Typically, the keys are reassigned in accordance with the domestic standard for printed machines ("Yatsuken"). Next to Latin characters located on the keyboard keys, we advise you to place stickers with Cyrillic characters. Conveniently, if the Latin characters have a black color, and the symbols of Cyrillic are red.

For more information on Russification of the keyboard presented in the section "How to Russify MS-DOS".

9.9. How to Russify MS-DOS

The MS-DOS version 6.0 operating system contains commands and programs for international support.

We offer you to enable you, after installing MS-DOS version 6.0, replace command files and program support programs with relevant files from the Russian-language version of MS-DOS. Currently released Russian-speaking versions of MS-DOS 4.01, 5.0 and 6.0.

If you do not have the Russian version of MS-DOS, copy from the Russian-language version 4.0 or 5.0 of the MS-DOS operating system, the following files: country.sys, display.sys, keyboard.sys, keyb.com, as well as files with the extension CPI. Replace these files the corresponding files in the MS-DOS directory.

Since the display.sys driver and Keyb.com program check the operating system version, they need to be "fooling". To do this, follow these commands:

C: \\ DOS \\ SETVER KEYB.com 4.01 C: \\ dos \\ setVer display.sys 4.01

Then, with the help of any text editor, you need to add in the config.sys and autoexec.bat files of international support commands. In the config.sys file you must download the SETVER.EXE driver, add COUNTRY command call and download the display.sys driver:

Device \u003d C: \\ dos \\ setVer.exe country \u003d 7, c: \\ dos \\ country.sys device \u003d c: \\ dos \\ display.sys con \u003d (EGA, 437,1)

In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you need to add a call of two MODE commands and download the KeyB resident program:

c: \\ DOS \\ MODE CON CP Prep \u003d ((866) C: \\ dos \\ ega.cpi) C: \\ DOS \\ MODE CON CP SEL \u003d 866 D: \\ DOS \\ KEYB RU, D: \\ DOS \\ Keyboard.sys / ID: 093

After making all changes to the config.sys and autoexec.bat files, restart the computer. When rebooting a computer in RAM, resident modules of Russification programs are downloaded.

Do not use config.sys and autoexec.bat text processors to edit files that store editable files in special formats. When saving the editable text in a file that has a special format, in it, in addition to the text, another control information will be recorded. As a result, MS-DOS will not be able to interpret these files and loading the computer will occur incorrectly.

Now you can view and edit documents written in Russian, in addition, you will remain all the advantages of MS-DOS version 6.0.

When editing texts in Russian, switch the keyboard to the input mode of Cyrillic characters. To do this, press the right key. By pressing the right key for the second time, you switch the keyboard back to the input of Latin characters.

9.10. What are viruses and Trojans

The most general definition of the virus can be given as a software code self-propagating in the information environment. By the method of spreading viruses, they can be divided into the following main groups:

implemented in executable program files - files with COM and EXE extensions;
spreading through the loading sectors of floppy disks and hard drives, as well as through the initial loading sector of hard drives;
incable drivers files - files with SYS and EXE extensions;
extending through object library libraries files.

In addition to the above groups, there are other, such as viruses infecting command files - files with BAT extension. "Progress" in the world of viruses does not stand still and you can expect the emergence of new groups of viruses.

The action of most viruses, unfortunately, is not limited to reproduction and distribution. They can cause relatively harmless or destructive consequences.

Externally, viruses can be expressed in the fact that periodically, for example, by achieving a certain time, the virus is activated and performs any operations. In particular, viruses can: display outsider inscriptions and symbols, "squeeze" characters already displayed on the screen, restart the computer, slow down the computer, execute all kinds of melodies, delete files and directories, erase the hard and flexible discs selected randomly.

Fundamentally viruses can perform any actions. They are limited only by the fantasy of the author of the virus and the capabilities of the computer.

Trojan programs are much less common than viruses. Trojan programs represent programs that perform any useful functions, but at a certain point they can additionally produce some malicious actions, for example, format a hard disk.

Currently, the spread of viruses has achieved truly gigantic sizes and threatens to users of the irrevocable loss of data stored on the computer.

To improve data security on your computer, it is necessary to limit the exchange of performed program modules, as well as periodically carry out preventive work on virus detection work. More details about the means of combating viruses can be found in the section "How to deal with viruses."

9.11. How to deal with viruses

If it periodically does not work on the prevention and treatment of computers from viruses, the possibility of losing stored information and the destruction of the operating environment becomes more than real.

Negative consequences of your negligence can be different, depending on which virus will fall into your computer. You can lose either part of information from files stored on a computer, or entire files, or even all files per disc.

Work on the prevention and treatment of computers from viruses may include the following actions:

limit the exchange of programs and diskettes, to check such programs and diskettes for viruses;
to periodically check the RAM and computer disks for viruses using special antivirus programs, such as AidStest.exe programs;
use special programs -Protectors that, after starting, remain resident in the computer's memory and monitor all suspicious programs of programs (for example, writing to the program file or system regions).

Currently there are thousands of various viruses and hundreds of programs to combat them. The most famous are the following antivirus programs for MS-DOS: AidStest, Scan, Anti4us, Vakcina, ADINF.

The problem of combating viruses has become so serious that Microsoft included in version 6.0, MS-DOS operating system, own software: Microsoft Anti-Virus for MS-DOS and for Windows.

There are even special programs to combat viruses in networks. For example, the NetShield program is loaded on the NOWELL NETWARE 3.11 server as an NLM process. It can make the server check for viruses per day. In case of virus detection, all network users will send a corresponding warning message. You can also set the mode in which the NLM antivirus will check on the infection with the virus all the files recorded on the server or read from it.

Consider the most common software designed to detect and remove viruses - AidStest.exe and Microsoft Anti-Virus.

Aidstest.exe.

The author of the antivirus program AidStest.exe is Lozinsky Dmitry Nikolaevich. AidStest allows you to detect a large number of varied viruses, and can also delete detected viruses.

The description of the AidStest parameters can be obtained by running AidStest with the / h parameter. We allow ourselves to bring only the most important parameters of this program. AidStest call format has the following form:

AidStest Path [Parameters]

The first, mandatory, PATH parameter must specify the directory in which the virus search will be selected. At the same time, all subdirectories are automatically checked. If you specify the name of the disk as the first parameter (for example, AidStest C :), the entire disk will be checked.

If you do not specify the AidStest program of additional parameters, it will only search for viruses. In the event that you want to delete the found viruses, you need to set an additional parameter / f. AidStest will correct the programs infected with viruses and erase non-corrected. In order for AidStest to request permission to delete spoiled program files, you must additionally specify the / Q parameter.

Below is an example of using AidStest Anti-Virus to detect and treat viruses on a C: disk.

AidStest C: / F / Q

The use of anti-virus programs cannot guarantee you full protection of a computer from infection with viruses. The fact is that AidStest antiviruses are configured to detect already known viruses and their clones. New viruses can be unknown by the AidStest program and it will not be able to detect them. Once again we emphasize that in our opinion, the most reliable way to protect your computer from the attack of viruses is the installation of software only with distributions and restrictions in the use of diskettes for the exchange program.

Microsoft Anti-Virus

Microsoft Anti-Virus is included in the MS-DOS version 6.0 distribution. In this case, Microsoft Anti-Virus is represented by two versions - for MS-DOS and for Windows.

Details The installation procedure for these anti-virus programs is described in the "How to install MS-DOS". Here we only note that to install Microsoft Anti-Virus for Windows requires Windows on the hard disk of the computer.

The article mine will be somewhat unusual because I will tell you how to put an old OS on the new computer DOS..

Why DOS? And because it is an excellent operating system. My article is addressed to her lovers.

If you are a visitor of such sites like www.386.by.ru, www.dos-systems.narod.ru and the like, then you already know about the merits of this wonderful system.

Publications about installing on a computer above 433 megahertz Windows 95. I met. Also on installation Windows 3.11on a new car.

But what to do if a person cannot reboot in mode MS-DOS. Because of the form factor of the ATX motherboard? And work S. DOS I want to. Here and comes a logical solution - put DOS! About compatibility MS-DOS. And other operating systems on new machines I will tell. Also about the problems associated with the installation.

To begin with, the story that happened to me. My friend had a COMPAQ Pentium-100 laptop. And suddenly ... Windov ordered to live long. Since in the laptop all devices are built-in, and the CD-ROM uses the PCMCIA bus (and the drive can be connected only one), then it ran into a problem - you need to load and install the system, and where? It did not have a boot CD-ROM.

That is, rewrite on the hard drive is impossible nothing from the CD-ROM, and the Divis driver MSDEX.it will not help here. Later I learned that the driver PCMCIAfor the drive is in the very Bios., More precisely, its full support. This architecture is found only from the company COMPAQ.. At least about others I did not hear. Of course, a special boot diskette could be downloaded from www.compaq.com from www.compaq.com, but we didn't know about it.

This was useful for the boot diskette from the kit. Windows 98.! The fact is that the SYS command other boob do not allow no empty hard drive to do, the error is issued "it is impossible to set a disk". And in Win98, the Format utility supports the Format C: / B key.

This means that the disk will be formatted with the compulsory transfer of system files to it. After this operation, I managed to boot from the hard drive, access the CD-ROM and install the system.

So for installation MS-DOS. We need:

Win98 boot diskette, boot diskette and distribution MS-DOS..

First of all, naturally, we will define a platform from the platform: the markup should look like this:

Section with FAT or FAT 16 file system size up to about 2 gigabytes ( MS-DOS 6.22sections of greater container does not support). On it and will be installed DOSbecause it can only boot from the primary partition. The rest is on the choice of user. So, change the size C on an acceptable for DOS. Change partition structure I would recommend not the FDISK utility, but Partition Magic for DOSSince it makes everything much faster, and does not require formatting sections after creating or reorganization. We need to format the section with the Format C: / B key. It is done after downloading from the Win98 floppy disk. Then to convert using Partition Magic This section in FAT (just FAT, and not FAT32).

Now you can boot from the floppy disk DOSand give the SYS A: C: command. This means that we transfer the system with A on C. other sections DOS Will not see, since they are another file system.

After that, we cheek again from the Win98 floppy disk and copy from another partition distribution DOS to disk S.

Then cheering already from the hard drive and give a setup / g command from the distribution

G key means that the installation program DOS Will not create backup diskettes.

Everything! DOS installed. Now you need to install another operating system, already modern.

Let's decide on the choice. You can put on another section any, but I want to tell in more detail.

FROM Windows XP.and 2000 there will be no problems, their built-in bootloader will see DOSand it will ask when downloading, what to run.

Windows Me.do not support REAL-TIME DOS, its bootable autoexec.bat and config.sys files are needed only for compatibility with old Dos Applices(To determine the environment variable Temp. Etc.) Therefore, the conflict will not arise. But it will be necessary to log in in the MBR (home boot record) third-party loader, again, I recommend the company's product Power Quest - Boot Magic. Any version.

And here Win98.will have to change so that aUTOEXEC.BAT.and config.sys. There were different configurations - for DOS And actually Win 98. This change will perform the multi-load function.

And last: Windows It is advisable to install not from under the flexible DOS., and with a "native" boot floppy disk.

• File Manager

• Text editor

• Comfortable graphic shell

• Programs for maintaining computer performance

• Different viewers

It's time to start the selection of the shell, because everyone needs to copy, delete and run programs, I would choose between Norton Commander`om () and Dos Navigator.`om (http://www.ritlabs.com/download/files3/dn/dn151.zip), the first is easier in circulation - suitable for beginners, respectively, the second has more features (support for LFN, flexible setting, two built-in games, Built-in terminal, CD player, calculator, notebook, understands 22 types of archives ...) and suit both beginners and advanced users. Well, if you are accustomed to WindowsAnd do not want to fall from the window interface, I can offer GVFM (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gvision/gv/gvfm.zip)

Well, the file manager seemed to have figured out, now it is worth the functional text editor, of course, there are people who NcView`a is quite enough, but most, I think that does not think so, so I offer such an alternative as: Breeze (http: / /www.theabsolute.net/sware/files/breeze56.zip), Aurora (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~knassen/aurora/auror30C.zip) (syntax highlighting, hex editor), lexicon, Work & Deed (http://winwd.narod.ru/doswd.exe). Briefly say, all these editors are good, you just need to pick up the most suitable for you and comfortable. I would advise Auror`U or work & deed. And finally, Win-addicted comrades I offer a beautiful text editor with the GVEDIT window interface (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gvision/gv/gvedit.zip)

Naturally, any business user needs communication through the worldwide cobweb. In this, it would seem, the Great and Mighty Browser Arachne will help us. Here you and the graphics viewer, and the desktop, and the file manager, and the mail client, and finally, the browser itself. The program itself is easy to configure, has a convenient setup wizard, there is a built-in PPP-packet driver, but you can connect the external, program capabilities with plugins that can be downloaded from the manufacturer's site http://www.glennmcc.org/ and not Only with him ...

In principle, if you are not satisfied with the built-in Pop client Arahan, you can use such third-party utilities as Netmail, Pegasus Mail, Mutt, Popmail (), Pine. I chose Pegasus Mail, as it is most functional, but for normal work with mail is enough and Popmail`a, but it requires an external batch driver, and so it is almost no minuses, and it will be suitable for a user with any level of knowledge.

Especially for maniacs online communication Ladsoft has released a Plugin for the Arahan browser (http://web.archive.org/web/20010312183617/http://ladsoft.tripod.com/lsicq/download.htm) that allows you to work with the console Version ICQ. If, again, for some reason you need a separate program, I can offer dosmicq (http://dosinet.chat.ru/icq/dosmicq.exe), the program has a built-in dialer ...

For creative personalities, I can offer NeoPaint programs - creating, editing images using various filters and the ability to change the format, and NEOBook is a kind of FRONTPAGE program, although the program is intended to create e-books with illustrations and other ... (Both programs are taken from HTTP. : //www.neosoftware.com)

For full comfort, it is also not bad to listen to music, you will say. No problem, there are two best programs: MPXPLAY and DSS, both programs are very solid, with a large set of functions, and mpxplay () so at all almost an exact copy of Winamp`a - understands the playlists from it, knows how to adjust the sound volume, the processor load indicator itself ...

For kinomans, there is a pretty universal Quick View utility (www.multimediaware.com), except that the program can watch the video, so she also loses music, and shows pictures ...

Well, that's all, now you have a computer on which you can perform your usual tasks and at the same time going around without Windows:)))

That's all, thanks for your attention. I hope the article will help you avoid some problems and enjoy DOS!

This is not a fairy tale, Dos with you ...

Recall the past, as it looked!

For this experiment, VirtualBox virtual machine was used and of course images of a packed distribution diskette. To start the installation, create a virtual machine, I think that many know how to do it! By creating a virtual machine, we must add an image of the system for subsequent loading of the primary device.

Add the diskette image as follows: Select the created virtual machine, go to "Settings"then in the section "Carriers"After adding "Floppy controller" And specify our image as shown in the figure below.

If you do everything right, then you can safely go to the start of the virtual machine using the key "Run", after clicking for a moment, the inscription will appear "Starting MS-DOS".

Then we will see a familiar blue installation screen, which for many issues of Windows has been a bright view of the Windows operating system installation wizard. To continue the installation, you must click "ENTER".

At the next stage, the installation wizard will format a disk that will almost instantly and reboot the system.

After the installer, will offer to install system settings, check for correctness and confirm the selection of item "THE SETTINGS ARE CORRECT".

Indicate the directory for unpacking and installing the operating system files.

Since the first diskette in the form of an image is mounted by us, at this stage and the installation of the system begins. After some time, a message appears indicating that it is necessary to mount the 2nd image image.

In order to mount the following operating system image, you need to enter the menu in the virtual machine "Devices", then choose "Drives of flexible disks"And then specify the desired image image. Try!

If you happen, then you will see a message about the need to mount the 3rd image. Do the same again!

The setting is nearing completion and the installation wizard warns that the user dismantle all images connected as the primary device and clicked the "ENTER" button.

The following window displays positive information about the successful installation and notifies us about rebooting the system for the correct completion of the installation process.

And here is the "black screen" - the most legendary Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 !!!

Operating system installed, use !!!

So that MS DOS 6.22 was able to recognize Russian characters.
You can download Oracle VM VirtualBox at this link (http://www.virtualbox.org/).
Install and run the VirtualBox program.
Click point CreateA wizard will open the creation of a new virtual machine, click Next.
Fill out the machine name and the type of operating system.

We set the number of RAM, which will be available to the OS, usually determine automatically, add to your discretion, you can usually click simply next.

In the end, press the Create button.
Remove into a temporary folder images of a floppy disk from the archive that we downloaded.

Add floppy and select the image, specifying the path to the first diskette image.

After that, the MS DOS 6.22 Installation window.

In file Config.sys. :

It seems that everything your system should be Russified, and you can already use the full MS DOS 6.22 Rus.
If suddenly you have any error check that now OS is loaded from the hard disk.
Let's start MS DOS 6.22 Rus, and let's see everything is fine.
For control simply use commands. What commands you can find out if you need to enter the Help command.
For each command, you need to enter the XCopy / command?
If you find it difficult to manage a command line in the file
Next after LH DOS \\ mscdex.exe / D: CDDRiver:

LH DOS \\ MSCDEX.EXE / D: CDDRiver

Set Shell \u003d Command.com

You can also put another program on the autoload, changing the entire path.

Recall the past, as it looked!

If you do everything right, then you can safely go to the start of the virtual machine using the key "Run", after clicking for a moment, the inscription will appear "Starting MS-DOS".

At the next stage, the installation wizard will format a disk that will almost instantly and reboot the system.

After the installer, will offer to install system settings, check for correctness and confirm the selection of item "THE SETTINGS ARE CORRECT".

Indicate the directory for unpacking and installing the operating system files.

If you happen, then you will see a message about the need to mount the 3rd image. Do the same again!

The setting is nearing completion and the installation wizard warns that the user dismantle all images connected as the primary device and clicked the "ENTER" button.

The following window displays positive information about the successful installation and notifies us about rebooting the system for the correct completion of the installation process.

And here is the "black screen" - the most legendary Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 !!!

Operating system installed, use !!!