Q: Alright I successfully completed the steps above, now what do I do?Ī: Now you can download the tool you wanted to run (such as CHKDSK) or your BIOS update application (from the manufactuer) and place the files on to the root of the flash drive. Don't worry, the relevant files are still there Q: I checked my flash drive after applying the steps above and it is empty? What gives?!Ī: Unless the option to show protected operating system files is checked in folder options, Windows will hide these files due to their attributes matching that of system files.

If you are running an 圆4 system with no floppy drive and a manufactuer who only provides a 16-bit BIOS updater, this method is the only way to update your BIOS. A MS-DOS bootable disc can be used to run many recovery tools (still used today) and also update the BIOS of the computer. Q: Why would a MS-DOS USB Drive be useful today? Wasn't that included in older Operating Systems?Ī: MS-DOS was the underlying layer of the Windows 9x series of Operating Systems (Windows 1-ME) that was the 'functionality' of the system. CD/DVD Boot ISO image: FILE NAME VERSION DATE SIZE TYPE DESCRIPTION HDAT2CDLITE74.ISO NEW: v7.4: : 1.54 MB: ISO: DOS boot CD Lite image (ISO format) only with HDAT2 program. Windows, minimum requirement: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and above. Select your operating system to download the latest version of TestDisk & PhotoRec data recovery tools. You may remove the files extracted from the archive 'win98boot', they are not needed anymore For more information, read the 7.1 release notes and git history.

Dos 7.1 boot disk