MS-DOS BootDisk Images
MS-DOS 1.25 Bootdisk ~ Recommend for Experimental Use Only - 5¼" 320kb Image (1.25 has no 3½" Diskette Support)
MS-DOS 2.11 Bootdisk ~ Recommend for Experimental Use Only - 5¼" 360kb Image (2.11 has no 3½" Diskette Support)
MS-DOS 3.21 Bootdisk ~ Recommend for Experimental Use Only - 3½" 720kb Image (3.21 has no 3½" 1.44MB HD Support)
MS-DOS 3.30 Bootdisk ~ Use with msd33bk.exe to assist in restoring MS-DOS 3.3 Backups (First MS-DOS with 3½" 1.44MB HD Support)
MS_DOS 4.01 Bootdisk ~ Use with msd401bk.exe to assist in restoring MS-DOS 4.01 Backups
MS-DOS 5.0 Bootdisk ~ Use with msd50bk.exe to assist in restoring MS-DOS 5.0 Backups
MS-DOS 6.0 Bootdisk ~ With Dblspace.Bin
MS-DOS 6.20 Bootdisk ~ With Dblspace.Bin ~ Use with msback62.exe to restore Compressed Doublespace Backup Sets.
MS-DOS 6.21 Bootdisk ~ Interim version of MS-DOS supplied with no Disk Compression software.
MS-DOS 6.22 Bootdisk ~ With Drvspace. Bin ~ Use with mback622.exe to restore Compressed Drivespace Backup Sets.
MS-DOS 7.10s Bootdisk ~ This is a Special HEX Edited version of the 98se Version 4-10-2222 Bootdisk listed below. It has been patched with 3xStart.exe to allow Windows 3.1 to operate, and Hex Edited so that all references to Windows 98se read as MS-DOS 7.10
For use as a Standalone MS-DOS 7.10a only - Not for use with Windows 98se
(Windows 9x) MS-DOS Bootdisk Images
Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11 & Windows for Workgroups 3.1/3.11 have no Bootdisks as MS-DOS needs to be installed first.
Download MS-DOS version used or if not known ~ try the MS-DOS 6.22 bootdisk first.
Microsoft Windows 95 onwards have a corresponding 'Startup Diskette' which from Windows 98 onwards also includes FAT32 & CD-ROM support. But it also creates a RAM Drive which pushes the CD Drive up one letter. The following are the main release versions of Windows DOS as Basic Bootdisks, the same as the above MS-DOS Disks. See Other Bootdisks towards the bottom of the page if you want a complete 'System Bootdisk' as supplied by OEM providers.
(If your Hard Drive is over 520MBs ~ FDISK from Windows 95B and above will ask you if you want 'Large Disk Support' Reply Yes and your Drive will be prepared as FAT32 - Reply No and it will be prepared as FAT16 ~ Its that simple!)
MS-DOS 7.0 Bootdisk (FAT16 Only Windows 95 & 95A (4.00.950) ~ Cannot access FAT32 Drives
MS-DOS 7.10 Bootdisk (FAT16 or FAT32 Windows 95B & 95C (4.00.1111)
MS-DOS 7.10a Bootdisk (FAT16 or FAT32 Windows 98 & 98se (4.00.2222)
MS-DOS 8.0 Bootdisk (FAT16 or FAT32 Windows Millennium (Me) (4.90.3000)
For reasons only known to themselves, Microsoft disabled the System Format function on the Windows Me Bootdisk for Floppy Disks. (As well as 'Real Mode' within Windows Me itself! - You can still Format Floppy disks, But you can only SYS a Hard Drive C:\ Partition.
If you need to use a WinMe Bootdisk, Just recreate this image as often as you want.
Windows XP produces a MS-DOS 8.0 (Win Me) Bootdisk, which cannot be used to access a NTFS harddrive.
Windows 9x OEM Start-up Diskette Images
The following MS-DOS 'Bootdisks' were provided by OEM suppliers for the sole purpose of installing Windows 9x
They had no other purpose than to prepare a PC for Windows Setup. They were not designed as 'Recovery Disks' Windows 95/95a OEM Start-up Disk with added CD-ROM Support
Modified with CD-ROM support by Ed Jablonowski of Bootdisk.Com
Windows 95b/c OEM2 Start-up Disk with added CD-ROM Support
Modified with CD-ROM support by Ed Jablonowski of Bootdisk.Com
Windows 98 OEM Start-up Disk with CD-ROM Support
Standard Microsoft OEM 1.44MB Start-up Diskette
Windows 98se OEM Start-up Disk with CD-ROM Support
Standard Microsoft OEM 1.44MB Start-up Diskette
Windows Me OEM Start-up Disk with CD-ROM Support
Standard Microsoft OEM 1.44MB Start-up Diskette
Note: Windows NT 3.51, 4.0, 2000 & XP Diskettes are no longer available here ~ Use Bootdisk.Com
IBM-DOS BootDisk Images
IBM PC-DOS 3.30 Bootdisk
IBM PC-DOS 4.01 Bootdisk
IBM PC-DOS 5.0 Bootdisk
IBM PC-DOS 6.1 Bootdisk
IBM PC-DOS 6.3 Bootdisk
IBM PC DOS 7.0 (PC-DOS 7.0 Rev 0) Bootdisk
IBM PC DOS 2000 (PC-DOS 7.0 Rev 1 ~ Also known as PC-DOS 7.01) Bootdisk
DR-DOS BootDisk Images
DR-DOS 3.41 Bootdisk
DR-DOS 5.0 Bootdisk
DR-DOS 6.0 Bootdisk
NovellDOS 7.0 Bootdisk
OpenDOS 7.01 Bootdisk
DR-DOS 7.02 Bootdisk
DR-DOS 7.03 Bootdisk
OEM DR-DOS 7.05 Bootdisk as developed by Caldera for OnTrack & Seagate
Caldera & Lineo have withdrawn all support for DR-DOS on its sale to DeviceLogics in November 2002
Full versions of OpenDOS 7.01 ~ DR-DOS 7.02 & 7.03 may still available from :
ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/OpenDOS/ http://www.drdos.net/download.htm http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/drdos/Devicelogics have released a new version of DR-DOS (DR-DOS 8.0) but so far it is not available for free download.<hr align=left>Custom Bootdisks
.Plain MS-DOS 6.22 Bootdisk with no additional files ~ For loading Flash BIOS updates (Obtain BIOS update from relevant source and copy to disk)
MS-DOS 6.22 CD-ROM Setup Disk ~ In the same style as the later Windows 9x Bootdisks - Checks harddrive & installs CD-ROM Driver.
The CDROM GOD Disk Version 5.5 - A MS-DOS 7.0 Bootdisk with CD-ROM detector & installer (Located at last and hosted by PowerLoad)
MS-DOS 7.10s Bootdisk (Self-Extracting IMZ Version) ~ This is a Special HEX Edited version of the 98se Version 4-10-2222 Bootdisk listed below.It has been patched with 3xStart.exe to allow Windows 3.1 to operate, and Hex Edited so that all references to Windows 98se read as MS-DOS 7.10
For use as a Standalone MS-DOS 7.10a only - Not for use with Windows 98se
OLDBIOS CD Bootdisk(Self-Extracting IMZ Version) ~ For older BIOS's Due to incompatibility with CD-booting technical specifications, "El Torito" standard, no-emulation method of CD Boot. Try using this disk. This program will create a floppy disk to work around this problem.
You boot the PC from this floppy and then a small program on the floppy switches boot to a CD-ROM device .
Note: this program will be useless if your PC can normally boot from installation CDs. - Works with 95% of IDE CD-ROM's