From    : W1TTY @ W1TTY
To      : DOS6 @ ALLUS
Date    : 930511/0835
Msgid   : BN 2090@W1TTY $2090_W1TTY
Subject : UNIBSTALL OF DOUBLE SPACE


IF YOU WISH TO UNINSTALL DOUBLE SPACE (WHICH YOU MUST DO IF YOU ARE GOING TO UNDO ALL OF DOS6) THE FOLLOWING NOTES MAY BE OF HELP:  

PC MAGAZINE OF APRIL 13, 1993, PAGE 119, INDICATES THAT YOU MUST DO A BACKUP OF THE FILES STORED ON THE COMPRESSED DRIVE, DELETE (REFORMAT) THE DRIVE, AND RESTORE THE DATA TO THIS UNCOMPRESSED FILE.  I USED THE DOS 6 BACKUP BUT SEE BELOW FOR COMMENTS ABOUT USING SOME OTHER BACKUP.  

DOS 6 USERS' GUIDE, PAGE 215 GAVE ME THE CLUES ABOUT FORMATTING THE HARD DRIVE AND RESTORING.  UNFORTUNATELY, THE INSTRUCTIONS ASSUME THAT YOU WANT TO PUT DOUBLE SPACE BACK.  THE FORMAT COMMAND REFERS YOU TO A SPECIAL COMMAND UNDER DOUBLE SPACE TO FORMAT C:.  I WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND THIS PROBLEM BY USING MY DOS 5 STARTUP FLOPPY.  IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO COBBLE ONE TOGETHER FROM THE DOS 5 COMMANDS IN DOS_OLD.1 OR AT THE VERY LEAST, COPY FORMAT TO A FLOPPY AND USE THAT.  

YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE RESTORE SIDE THAT YOU HAVE TO INSTALL DOS6 (INCLUDING MSBACKUP) AND THEN USE THAT PROGRAM TO RESTORE.  IF I WERE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE ININSTALLS, I WOULD USE A DOS 5 BACKUP SINCE THIS WILL SAVE THE REINSTALLATION OF DOS 6 JUST TO GET THE BACKUP (AND RESTORE) PROGRAM. IN MY CASES, I DID THE UNINSTALL OF THE REST OF DOS 6. 

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE A FULL BACKUP FROM DOS 5 BEFORE YOU INSTALLED DOS 6 AND CAN LIVE WITH THE LEVEL OF THE FILES, YOU CAN MAKE THE JOB OF GOING BACK TO DOS 5 (OR EARLIER) MUCH EASIER IF YOU FORMAT C: AND USE YOUR DOS 5 STARTUP FLOPPY TO GET TO THE RESTORE COMMAND.  THERE IS ONE MORE THING TO DO WITH THIS METHOD - RESTORE BIOS TO THE DEFAULTS (DELETE KEY AT BOOT.)  
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