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DOS isnt widely used anymore, but you wouldnt know if from reading instructions written by manufacturers for BIOS updates, firmware-updating utilities, and other low-level system tools !hey will often re"uire you to boot into DOS and run the utility #e once formatted our floppy disks with $S-DOS using the format utility built into #indows, but most computers dont have floppy disk drives anymore !hey may not even have optical disc drives%
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#indows wont allow you to select the &'reate an $S-DOS startup disk( option when formatting a )SB drive * its grayed out #e will be using +ufus instead Its a fast, lightweight application that includes ,reeDOS Download +ufus and launch it +ufus doesnt re"uire any installation * you will see the +ufus application as soon as you launch the downloaded e-e file 'reating a bootable )SB drive with DOS is simple. / 0 4 'onnect your )SB drive to the computer and select it in the Device bo1nsure the &'reate a bootable disk using( checkbo- is enabled and ensure ,reeDOS is selected 2+ufus includes ,reeDOS, so you wont have to download anything else 3 'lick the Start button This will erase the contents of your USB drive! Back up any important files on the )SB drive first
!hese should be the default options, so you may not even have to configure +ufus at all !he process should be e-tremely "uick * it took five seconds on our system
!hese utilities still use DOS to ensure they have low-level access to the hardware without any other programs interfering or #indows getting in the way !his helps ensure BIOS updates and other low-level operations work properly 5ou could use a bootable )SB drive to run old DOS applications, but you would be better off using DOSBO: to run old DOS games and other applications
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