MS-DOS 5

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MS-DOS 5
Version of MS-DOS
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Version5.x
CodenameLifeboat
Release date1991-06
Replaces
MS-DOS 4
Replaced by
MS-DOS 6

MS-DOS 5 is a family of versions of MS-DOS, initially released in June 1991.

MS-DOS 5.00[edit | edit source]

MS-DOS 5.00 was released in June 1991. Various bugs from version 4.01 have been fixed. It added additional utilities for working with memory and disks. A full screen text editor EDIT has replaced the former line editor EDLIN supplied since the early days of DOS.[1] The SELECT installation program has been replaced with a new setup that further streamlined the installation procedure.

MS-DOS 5.00a[edit | edit source]

MS-DOS 5.00a was released in November 1991 and fixed bugs in the initial release, mainly pertaining to FORMAT and FDISK commands.

MS-DOS 5.00A[edit | edit source]

MS-DOS 5.00A (note the capital letter A) was only released for the Japanese NEC PC-98x1 series computers.

MS-DOS 5.00A-H[edit | edit source]

MS-DOS 5.00A-H was only released for the Japanese NEC PC-98x1 series computers. It was pre-installed on/bundled with the original PC-9821 computers, and never had a retail release.[2] Some PC-98 games require this specific version of MS-DOS; most notably Policenauts, which is known as being hard to install (for non-Japanese speakers) for this reason.[3][4]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

List of known pre-release builds[edit | edit source]

Beta[edit | edit source]

Release Candidate[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Standalone setup[edit | edit source]

Applications[edit | edit source]

Janus setup[edit | edit source]

FM TOWNS[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]