Uninstalling MS-DOS on an XtraDrive Compressed Drive (96388)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q96388

SYMPTOMS

If you install MS-DOS Upgrade on a machine that is using XtraDrive data- compression software, you cannot uninstall MS-DOS without modifying the Uninstall disk.

WORKAROUND

To successfully uninstall MS-DOS Upgrade:

Copy XTRADRV.SYS to the Uninstall disk.
Using MS-DOS Editor, create a CONFIG.SYS file on the Uninstall disk with the following line:
```
      device=a:\xtradrv.sys
```
Restart the computer with the Uninstall disk in drive A. (Press the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination.)

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	11/21/1999
Keywords:	KB96388