China DOS Union

I have several suggestions:
1. It would be better if the startup could be faster.
2. Can the menu be simpler?
3. It would be even better if the interface could be more beautiful, like the XP installation interface...
4. Can all programs be put into the CD without compression (make a few compressed packages and upload them)
5. Use a search program to load all information from the CD.
6. I don't know if this idea is correct?

Today, some updates and modifications have been made to the Startup Star Floppy Special Edition. The download address remains unchanged.
1. Update DOSLFN to 0.32o
2. Update CTMOUSE to 2.0A4
3. Update SHSUCDX to 2.0A
4. Update DM to the 9.56 bilingual version (DM is now placed on the third floppy disk)
5. Update PQBM to 8.0 (English version)
6. Updated Norton DiskDoctor 2002 (Sorry, qian_012, the original disk does not have ndd2002, but ndd8.0, and ndd8.0 does not support FAT32, so it does not work for large hard drives. This update is the Norton DiskDoctor 2002汉化 by Teacher Mo)
7. Remove DISKGEN (incompatible with TW+EMM386)
8. Remove DEFRAG (does not support FAT32)
9. Add WPS2.2
10. Add WINME's SCANDISK
11. Removed GMY's article about logical locks. A new article to solve the logical lock problem has been comprehensively reorganized (including the old method and Wengier's new method)

According to the opinions of friends, I will make a few explanations:
1. The reason why the floppy disk starts slowly is that I concentrated all the tools into a CAB package and decompressed all of them to a virtual disk at the time of startup. There are three advantages in doing this. First, more tools can be installed on the floppy disk; second, the software runs faster after startup (because the tools run in virtual disk N); third, protect the floppy disk (I said it is not only a boot disk but also a DOS platform. If all run in the floppy disk, it may make you and your FLOPPY unable to bear it). I think it is worth it to exchange the startup speed for the above three advantages.
2. If it is made into a CD, the difference in startup speed will be negligible. It is suggested that everyone make it into a CD. It is precisely because of this demand from friends that I made this special edition.
3. The prompt information added by WENGIER. There are already many prompt messages, and it is impossible to add more. The place where everyone feels that the waiting time is very long is exactly the place where the compressed package is extracted. During this extraction process, it is impossible to add prompt information. Unless it is divided into multiple small compressed packages, or the display of extracting files one by one. This is too trivial to do.
4. The slowest item (that is, the first item) when the floppy disk starts normally is about 2-3 minutes (different depending on the quality of the floppy disk), and the fastest item (that is, the sixth item) is about 1-2 minutes. In addition, if a floppy disk is used, it is best not to put irrelevant CDs in the CD drive during startup (because the program will automatically search for the second tool and the third tool in the CDs. Up to four CDs are supported, so the more CDs, the longer the search time.), which will improve the speed. If you make it into a CD boot, it doesn't matter, as long as the second and third tools are found. The program will not search for other CDs.
5. If there is a crash, it is definitely a problem with the quality of the floppy disk. If the floppy disk doesn't make a creaking sound for a long time and the floppy disk indicator light doesn't light up, then it can be determined that it is a crash. Otherwise, it means that it is still reading files.

Mr. Ye Song:

Hello! You've worked hard. The boot disk you modified, I've already burned it to a CD. After testing, it's really good. But I think your three versions each have their own characteristics. I want to burn them into one CD with the simplest method (only burn the first version as Drive A), and switch freely under DOS, but I didn't succeed. I wonder if it's possible? Looking forward to your reply.

The third one is enough. The first two versions both have bugs, and the functions are worse than the third version. Actually, the basic contents of the three versions are the same. It's just that the functions are different. If you burn all, it's repetitive. Especially the first version, because at that time I mainly did the CD version, and the floppy disk was just an accessory, just an additional option. So the function is relatively weaker. I suggest you use the version of July 11 as the basis, and put a few more operating systems to burn into one CD (the position of the operating system is not limited.)

Many thanks to the moderator!

Now this bootable disk is not yet a "DOS platform" because some of its important functions are still missing, especially the network, multimedia, multitasking, work/study environment, etc., which are essential for a basic operating platform. It is strongly recommended that these aspects should be strengthened.

Thanks!! Let's try it!!

Is the download link on the first floor supposed to be for version 7.11?

The following is the speech of yiyesong on 2003-6-28 12:34:01:
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It is precisely because VPC often has problems, which has wasted me a lot of time, and always makes me mistakenly think it is the problem of the boot disk.

I share the same feeling, but there is no way...

The following is a quote from Master Rushi on 2003-6-28 18:37:19:
Hehe~~ I've always been using vpc52. Actually, there are also problems, just relatively fewer..

Where can I download vpc52? Master, can you give an address? (Preferably in Chinese^^)

VPC52 is even worse than VPC51? Even the ESC key is blocked.

Thanks to yys's boot disk.

Regarding the slow boot, I think we can copy the *.cab files to the hard drive to speed up the boot. Without reading the floppy disk again, we can speed up the testing speed. The following is my method to speed up the boot.

IF NOT EXIST E:\TOOL.CAB GOTO E2

:E1
extract /y /l n:\ /e E:\TOOL.CAB > nul
extract /y /l n:\ /e E:\BAT.CAB > nul
goto E3

:E2
EXTRACT /Y /e /L n: a:\TOOL.CAB > nul
EXTRACT /Y /e /L n: a:\BAT.CAB > nul
goto E3

:E3
LH ZENO.EXE /Q > NUL
LH CTMOUSE.EXE > NUL
LH MOUSCLIP.EXE > NUL
LH SMARTDRV.EXE > NUL
LH DOSKEY.COM > NUL
LH DOSLFN.COM /C- > NUL

After downloading, there are no system files like io.sys, etc.
Originally, I opened the wrong one with winrar.

The following is the speech of bwtqy on 2003-6-27 16:04:32:
Startup is too slow, system freezes

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There are many things loaded, so of course it starts slowly. Use a general DOS disk.

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