DOCUMENT:Q102412  04-AUG-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :NT Creates MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS Files on IBM PC-DOS Machines
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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On IBM PC-DOS machines, Microsoft Windows NT creates MSDOS.SYS and
IO.SYS ghost files.
 
These files are created so that setup programs that look for these
files don't perform an incorrect installation when they are not found.
 
Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: mdos winnt

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