Add MS-DOS boot option to Windows 2000

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Published on 2013-10-24T21:02:54Z Indexed on 2013/10/24 21:58 UTC
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I've got an old laptop that is running Windows 2000 & Windows 98 in a multi-boot configuration. I need to add MS-DOS to that list of startup options.

I've already added a primary partition, formatted it for FAT16 and made it bootable, and installed MS-DOS 6.22.

My question is, how do I add my MS-DOS partition to the list of startup options?

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My single hard drive has three primary partitions:

  • 0: FAT32 Windows 2000
  • 1: FAT32 Windows 98
  • 2: FAT(16) MS-DOS 6.22

Currently, the boot-up screen lists Windows 2000 and Windows 98 as options, with Windows 2000 as the default choice.

My boot.ini file currently looks like this:

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"

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