I've finally written a documentation file for the boot disk, the contents are as follows:
README.TXT
Documentation File for This MS-DOS 7.10 Super Boot Disk
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Wengier March 2, 2003
I spent quite a bit of time making this MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk myself. It has many very powerful and practical features, and I believe it is much better than similar DOS boot disks on the Internet, with a large number of practical functions and special features added.
In particular, its comprehensive support for a DOS boot LOGO screen, long filenames, large hard disks, large memory, FAT32, NTFS, USB, etc. is, I believe, unmatched by the vast majority of similar DOS boot disks. Let me introduce it below.
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| Main Features: |
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- DOS boot LOGO screen
- Multi-configuration boot menu
- Comprehensive Chinese and English long filename support
- Comprehensive (V)FAT12/16/32 support
- NTFS drive support
- USB drive support
- Large hard disk support
- Large memory support
- Various CD-ROM support
- RAM disk function
- Chinese support
- Comprehensive mouse support
- High free conventional memory
- High system stability
- System maintenance functions
- Support for various archives
- Graphical file management
- Can boot Windows directly
- Many practical tools
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DOS boot LOGO screen
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Modified from my own Windows startup screen, with a DOS boot logo and the animated bar at the bottom included. This way, DOS has its own boot LOGO screen too!
Multi-configuration boot menu
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When this MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk starts, three options will appear. The first is to boot using EMM386, the second is to boot using UMBPCI, and the third additionally includes support for NTFS and USB drives.
Because EMM386 may not work properly on some computers, while UMBPCI's main problem is that it does not support some motherboards, the user is allowed to choose once between EMM386 and UMBPCI at boot time.
This way, users can use this boot disk better to start their computers.
Comprehensive Chinese and English long filename support
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It uses the DOSLFN long filename driver so that pure DOS can fully support and use long filenames, including Chinese long filenames, just like in a DOS box under Win9x.
Comprehensive (V)FAT12/16/32 support
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MS-DOS 7.10 itself provides complete support for FAT12/16/32 partitions, so the boot disk inherits this function. The long filename driver mentioned above enables support for VFAT (virtual FAT).
NTFS drive support
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By using NTFSDOS, this boot disk can fully support NTFS drives, including long filenames on NTFS partitions.
When you choose the third option in the boot menu (that is, the last one), the system will automatically load the NTFSDOS driver to support NTFS drives.
If you want to load it manually at the command line, that is also possible: just execute NTFSDOS or NTFSDOS /U (/U means enabling Unicode support).
USB drive support
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When you choose the third option in the boot menu (that is, the last one), the system will automatically load USB drivers such as DUSE and Motto Hairu to provide support for USB drives.
For example USB hard disks, USB CD-ROM drives, USB floppy drives, USB ZIP drives, etc. Sometimes you also need to manually set some driver parameters to better support your USB drive.
Or you can manually load these drivers at the command line with commands such as CTLOAD and ADDEV, for example by executing CTLOAD DUSE.EXE DRIVES=2.
Large hard disk support
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Supports large hard disks of dozens of GB, including Int13X extended partitions, etc. Likewise, the various tools provided in this boot disk also support large hard disks, so you don't need to worry that this boot disk cannot recognize your high-capacity hard disk.
Large memory support
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Supports up to as much as 2GB of memory, and provides XMS and UMB memory, to maximize the computer's capabilities.
Various CD-ROM support
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By using the best universal CD-ROM driver, it supports various IDE/ATAPI and some SCSI/ASPI and even USB CD-ROM drives, and it is fast and uses little memory.
RAM disk function
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By using the best virtual RAM disk tool XMSDSK, it provides a 4M RAM disk, and you can freely change its size at the command line with the XMSDSK command.
Chinese support
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The Chinese support of this boot disk is reflected in several aspects. First, the long filename driver DOSLFN uses code page 936 (Simplified Chinese) to fully support Chinese long filenames;
second, it comes with the small Pocket Dragon Chinese character support system, and after starting it, it can fully support the display of Chinese characters under DOS (including Chinese long filenames).
At the same time, this documentation file is also in Chinese, so after starting the Chinese character support system you can directly use commands such as MORE and EDIT at the command line to view its contents.
Comprehensive mouse support
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By using the best mouse driver CuteMouse, it supports various serial and PS/2 mice, and is very fast;
together with the universal MouseClip program, you can also use the mouse at the DOS command line, and it supports copy/paste and simulated arrow key functions.
High free conventional memory
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After booting the system with this boot disk, although many practical features are loaded, free conventional memory is still usually as high as 625-630K, and free UMB memory is also usually dozens of K.
This way, when you use it to boot, running any program will not prompt for insufficient memory, because there is a large amount of free memory available.
High system stability
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This boot disk includes the KILLER and ESCAPE programs, greatly enhancing system stability:
KILLER: can automatically trap incorrect specifications in running programs and return to DOS, in order to prevent system instability or hangs;
ESCAPE: lets you press F12 under any circumstances to return to DOS, in order to prevent system hangs.
It can be seen that KILLER and ESCAPE complement each other: the former is system-initiated, the latter is user-initiated, maximizing system stability.
System maintenance functions
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In addition to including common DOS disk tools such as CHKDSK, FORMAT, and FDISK, the boot disk also includes many practical system maintenance tools such as BOOTPART and SRC Tools.
BOOTPART is a command-line boot partition manager with very powerful functions; SRC Tools can save/restore/check a disk's boot sector/MBR/FAT, making it very good for maintaining the system and disks.
Support for various archives
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The boot disk includes practical archive extraction tools such as PKUNZIP 2.50, UNARJ, EXTRACT, and UNDISK, and most of them support long filenames.
Therefore, this boot disk supports ZIP, ARJ, CAB, IMG, and various other common archive formats and disk images, making it much more convenient to use.
Graphical file management
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The boot disk includes the Volkov Commander (VC) file manager, a very powerful, practical, and well-known file management tool with a graphical interface, and it fully supports long filenames.
After the system starts, it will automatically prompt whether to start VC, that is, it will display the following message:
Press ENTER in 2 seconds if you want to start Volkov Commander..
At this time, if you press Enter within 2 seconds, VC 4.99 will start automatically; otherwise it will not start automatically, but you can manually start it at any time later at the command line with the VC command.
Can boot Windows directly
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This MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk provides the function of booting Windows, including versions such as Win3.x and Win9x, and works hand in hand with Windows.
And as described in the features above, this MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk fully supports long filenames, FAT32 partitions, large hard disks, and other functions, so it will not have any incompatibility with Windows.
Many practical tools
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This boot disk contains many very practical tools, such as UMBPCI, DOSLFN, PKZIP, LBACACHE, etc. For details please see the file list below and their own documentation files.
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| File List: |
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The following is the complete file list in this MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk:
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ADDEV.COM Tool for directly loading device drivers at the DOS command line, can be used together with DELDEV
ANSI.COM The best ANSI replacement program, very powerful and practical
APATH.COM Convenient PATH modification tool
ASC.COM ASCII table display, can be called at any time after loading by pressing Alt+A
ASPICD.SYS Universal SCSI/ASPI CD-ROM driver
ASPIOHCI.SYS USB drive driver for OHCI interfaces from Iomega
ASPIUHCI.SYS USB drive driver for UHCI interfaces from Iomega
ATTRIB.COM The most powerful and practical ATTRIB replacement program, version 1.09
AUTOEXEC.BAT Startup batch file
CDPLAY.COM Very small and convenient CD player, can be called at any time after loading by pressing Ctrl+P
CHOICE.COM Selection command; after execution it will prompt for selectable items
CLOAKING.EXE Program providing the memory CLOAKING API, version 1.01, can greatly reduce the memory usage of programs such as MSCDEX
CLOCK.COM Quite a good TSR clock software, and supports alarm functions
COMMAND.COM MS-DOS 7.10 command interpreter, supports long filenames
CONFIG.SYS Startup configuration file
CP936UNI.TBL Simplified Chinese code page for DOSLFN 0.32n
CSOUND.COM Speaker tool, can play and set speaker sound playback
CTLOAD.COM Directly load device drivers at the DOS command line (such as CD-ROM drivers, etc.)
CTMOUSE.EXE CuteMouse version 1.9, the best and most practical mouse driver under DOS
CWSDPMI.EXE The best DPMI memory driver under DOS
DELDEV.COM Remove from memory device drivers loaded with ADDEV, that is, cancel that driver
DELTREE.COM The most powerful and practical DELTREE replacement program, version 1.02
DI1000DD.SYS USB hard disk driver from Motto Hairu
DOSKEY.COM The best DOSKEY replacement, version 1.6, providing command history, macro definitions, auto-completion, etc.
DOSLFN.COM The most powerful and practical long filename driver under DOS, providing Chinese and English long filename support
DOSVER.COM Tool for setting the DOS version number
DREADY.COM Determine drive status, for example whether there is a disc in the CD-ROM drive, whether a floppy disk is write-protected, etc.
DUSE.EXE USB drive driver under DOS, can drive USB hard disks, USB CD-ROM drives, USB floppy drives, etc.
DOSET.CAB Contains some system tools included with MS-DOS 7.10 (such as SYS, CHKDSK, FORMAT, etc.)
ECHO.SYS Tool that enables text to be displayed in CONFIG.SYS
EMM386.EXE Tool included with MS-DOS 7.10 that provides UMB and EMS memory
ESCAPE.EXE Makes it possible to press F12 at any time to return to the DOS command line, to prevent hangs
EXTRACT.EXE Tool for extracting CAB archives
FIND.COM Search tool
FINDCD.EXE Self-written practical program for finding the CD-ROM drive letter
FINDRAMD.EXE Practical tool for finding the RAM disk drive letter
HIMEM.SYS Tool included with MS-DOS 7.10 that provides XMS memory, supports large memory (up to as much as 2GB)
HIRAM.EXE Used with UMBPCI, can put HIMEM.SYS into UMB memory
IFSHLP.SYS Enhanced file management driver, provides VFAT filesystem support for Win9x (required when starting Win9x)
IO.SYS MS-DOS 7.10 system startup file
KILLER.EXE Can automatically trap illegal instructions to prevent hangs
KPUSH.COM Keyboard ASCII table query and cleanup tool
LFNXLAT.386 Provides Windows 3.x long filename support for the DOSLFN long filename driver
LBACACHE.COM Quite a good disk cache program to speed up hard disk reading
LOCATE.COM The most powerful and practical file locating tool, version 1.30, supports long filenames
LOGO.SYS MS-DOS 7.10 boot LOGO screen
LOWDMA.SYS Provides ISA DMA UMB support for floppy disks
MCD.EXE Practical tool for creating and switching directories, supports long filenames
MI.COM Memory information viewing tool
MOUSCLIP.EXE Very practical tool for using the mouse under DOS (including at the DOS command line) for copy/paste and simulated arrow keys
MSCDEX.EXE CD-ROM extension driver used together with CLOAKING, occupies very little memory
MSDOS.SYS MS-DOS 7.10 system startup configuration file
NSET.COM Tool for obtaining variables from output to set them
NTFSDOS.EXE NTFS drive driver under DOS
PERUSE.COM Very good DOS screen scrolling tool
PKUNZIP.EXE ZIP file extraction tool, supports long filenames
QV1.EXE Small multimedia viewer QuickView 1.03b, can play music and animation, view pictures, etc.
RAMFD.EXE Driver from Motto Hairu that drives USB floppy drives in virtual floppy mode
SHAREMU.COM File sharing virtual program, used to start programs that require file sharing (such as Word 6.0 in Windows 3.x)
SHUTDOWN.COM Very good command-line ATX power restart / soft shutdown program
SMARTDRV.EXE Disk cache program included with MS-DOS 7.10
SRCBOOT.COM Small command-line tool for saving/restoring/comparing a disk's boot sector
SRCFAT.COM Small command-line tool for saving/restoring/comparing a disk's file allocation table (FAT)
SRCMBR.COM Small command-line tool for saving/restoring/comparing a disk's master boot record (MBR)
SORT.COM Sorting tool
STRINGS.COM Batch file/command-line enhancement tool
SUBST.EXE Program for setting virtual drives
UMBPCI.SYS Powerful and practical driver providing UMB memory, version 3.45
UNARJ.EXE ARJ file extraction tool
UNDISK.EXE Extraction tool for disk image files such as IMG
USBASPI.SYS USB driver from Motto Hairu
VC.CAB Volkov Commander version 4.99, very powerful and practical file manager, supports long filenames
VIDE-CDD.SYS The best universal IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM driver under DOS, occupies very little memory
WAIT.COM Wait tool for batch files
WBAT.COM Very powerful and practical batch dialog designer, supports mouse operation
WRITEXT.EXE Powerful ECHO display enhancement tool, can set display position and color, etc.
XCOPY.EXE The most powerful and practical XCOPY replacement program, version 1.1
XFIND.COM Practical string search tool within files
XMSDSK.EXE The best virtual RAM disk tool, very convenient and practical, and occupies very little memory
XZL.COM Small Pocket Dragon Chinese character support system, for displaying Chinese characters
ZENO.EXE Good screen display acceleration software
Files in the DOSET.CAB archive:
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BOOTPART.EXE Boot partition manager, version 2.50, powerful functions
CHKDSK.EXE Command-line disk checking tool included with MS-DOS 7.10
DEBUG.EXE Debugging program included with MS-DOS 7.10
EDIT.HLP Help file for EDIT
EDIT.COM EDIT command included with MS-DOS 7.10, can edit large files, text/binary files, and multiple files
FDISK.EXE Hard disk partitioning tool included with MS-DOS 7.10
FORMAT.EXE Formatting program included with MS-DOS 7.10
MEM.EXE Memory information viewing tool included with MS-DOS 7.10
MODE.COM System configuration program included with MS-DOS 7.10
MORE.COM Paged display tool included with MS-DOS 7.10
SYS.COM DOS system file transfer program included with MS-DOS 7.10
Files in the VC.CAB archive:
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Contains the Volkov Commander 4.99 program
VC.EXE Main program of VC 4.99
VC.INI Configuration file of VC 4.99
VC.MNU Menu file of VC 4.99
VC.OVL Overlay file of VC 4.99
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| Technical Support: |
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This MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk was made by me (that is, Wengier). If you have any questions or suggestions, you are welcome to contact me:
My email: wengierwu@hotmail.com or wengierwu@sohu.com
You can also go to the Union DOS forum to ask questions or discuss, forum address: http://dosbbs.2ya.com/
Note: the download address of the latest version of this MS-DOS 7.10 boot disk is:
http://newdos.yginfo.net/dosware/mdos71bd.zip
