Creating bootable MS-DOS 6.22 Floppies Under Windows XP Home SP2

[Umma Gumma]

This may be the wrong NG to ask this in.... but right now I'm pulling at
straws.

On a day when I thought I would NEVER have need for DOS again, I seem to
have zipped my 6.22 DOS floppies to a zipfile and put them away for "safe"
storage. All I have left is this zipfile now with Disk1...Disk3. They are
not floppy images. They are the raw disks. (Stop laughing. I did it in a day
when I knew far less than I do about computers...and still don't).

QUESTION: How do I now resurrect these disks and make Disk1 bootable? I want
to use them in a Virtual Machine. If this is indeed the wrong forum then
forgive me and perhaps you could steer me to the right forum. Thank you.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit: http://www.bootdisk.com/

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"Umma Gumma" wrote:

This may be the wrong NG to ask this in.... but right now I'm pulling at
straws.

On a day when I thought I would NEVER have need for DOS again, I seem to
have zipped my 6.22 DOS floppies to a zipfile and put them away for "safe"
storage. All I have left is this zipfile now with Disk1...Disk3. They are
not floppy images. They are the raw disks. (Stop laughing. I did it in a day
when I knew far less than I do about computers...and still don't).

QUESTION: How do I now resurrect these disks and make Disk1 bootable? I want
to use them in a Virtual Machine. If this is indeed the wrong forum then
forgive me and perhaps you could steer me to the right forum. Thank you.

 

[Graham Anderson]

Unless there's a very good reason for using your existing files, I would

a) create a bootable DOS CD - instructions here
http://www.k1ea.com/hints/Creating_a_Bootable_DOS_CD_V 1.5.pdf

or b) http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm has a download that seems to
allow you to create dos6.22 floppies

"Umma Gumma" wrote:

> This may be the wrong NG to ask this in.... but right now I'm pulling at
> straws.
>
> On a day when I thought I would NEVER have need for DOS again, I seem to
> have zipped my 6.22 DOS floppies to a zipfile and put them away for "safe"
> storage. All I have left is this zipfile now with Disk1...Disk3. They are
> not floppy images. They are the raw disks. (Stop laughing. I did it in a day
> when I knew far less than I do about computers...and still don't).
>
> QUESTION: How do I now resurrect these disks and make Disk1 bootable? I want
> to use them in a Virtual Machine. If this is indeed the wrong forum then
> forgive me and perhaps you could steer me to the right forum. Thank you.
>
>
>
>