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### Method for Installing MS-DOS 7.10 in a Virtual Machine under WINDOW NT Environment

Many people don't know how to install it. Actually, it's very simple. The key is to format the virtual disk you partitioned to FAT16/32 format; otherwise, the disk check won't pass. You can use many partitioning tools. The simplest one is the GDISK tool自带 in the CD provided by this forum.

There is a GDISK tool in the directory of the MSDOS 7.10 installation disk, which is for system partitioning.

Specific commands:
Enter the installation environment, press Cancel installation, and a command prompt will appear.
Do a DIR and find GDISK. Type in GDISK. Then the following starts:

GDISK displays physical disk information.
GDISK 1 /CRE /PRI /SZ:30% /FOR /Q: Create a primary partition on disk 1, with a size of 30% of the disk capacity. /CRE means create, /PRI means primary partition, /SZ:30% means the size of the disk partition, /FOR /Q means quick format. Here, the C: drive is established.
GDISK 1 /CRE /EXT: Set the remaining disk as an extended partition. /EXT means extended partition.
GDISK 1 /CRE /LOG /SZ:30% /FOR /Q: This is a logical partition, drive D:.
GDISK 1 /CRE /LOG /SZ:40% /FOR /Q: This is a logical partition, drive E:.

If you want to delete partitions, use the command:
GDISK 1 /DEL /ALL: Delete all partitions on disk 1.

For more commands, please search online.

I installed it here.

Floor1　sanxue	Posted 2008-10-01 00:09
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### Method for Installing MS-DOS 7.10 in a Virtual Machine under WINDOW NT Environment Many people don't know how to install it. Actually, it's very simple. The key is to format the virtual disk you partitioned to FAT16/32 format; otherwise, the disk check won't pass. You can use many partitioning tools. The simplest one is the GDISK tool自带 in the CD provided by this forum. There is a GDISK tool in the directory of the MSDOS 7.10 installation disk, which is for system partitioning. Specific commands: Enter the installation environment, press Cancel installation, and a command prompt will appear. Do a DIR and find GDISK. Type in GDISK. Then the following starts: GDISK displays physical disk information. GDISK 1 /CRE /PRI /SZ:30% /FOR /Q: Create a primary partition on disk 1, with a size of 30% of the disk capacity. /CRE means create, /PRI means primary partition, /SZ:30% means the size of the disk partition, /FOR /Q means quick format. Here, the C: drive is established. GDISK 1 /CRE /EXT: Set the remaining disk as an extended partition. /EXT means extended partition. GDISK 1 /CRE /LOG /SZ:30% /FOR /Q: This is a logical partition, drive D:. GDISK 1 /CRE /LOG /SZ:40% /FOR /Q: This is a logical partition, drive E:. If you want to delete partitions, use the command: GDISK 1 /DEL /ALL: Delete all partitions on disk 1. For more commands, please search online. I installed it here.

Floor2　door10000	Posted 2008-11-21 00:31
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Mine is the DOS 7.1 installed by VPC, but the CPU usage is 100%. I don't know if the original poster has this situation. Later, I learned that loading idle.com in vmadditions can solve the problem. So I want to load vmadditions, but it always prompts that the file idle.com cannot be found, etc. I want to copy idle.com from the virtual CD-ROM to the virtual hard disk. In DOS, I can see the file in the virtual CD-ROM, but I can't run it, and I can't copy it. Copying the entire DOS sub-module is also not working. If the original poster has any understanding of this, I hope you can help me. Thanks in advance.

Floor3　yadngah1984	Posted 2010-09-04 13:06
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Learning

Floor4　windwenguan	Posted 2010-10-26 17:56
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Still don't understand after seeing it

Floor5　tanyi	Posted 2010-11-07 23:42
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Is there no requirement for the hard disk format?

Floor6　sfcctv	Posted 2010-11-08 09:10
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I think GUI partition tools are better. I always can't remember those countless parameters.