Re: Dangerous bug in CHKDSK that comes with MS-DOS 5.0 (PC)

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1 total messages Started by Peter Duffield Thu, 10 Dec 1992 14:35

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Author: Peter Duffield
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 14:35

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mramey@u.washington.edu writes:

>How can you tell if you have MS-DOS version 5.00a or not ?
>
>I called Microsoft and requested the updated version for my computer
>labs, even tho' we have not encountered the failure conditions yet.  I
>was told that in MS-DOS version 5.0a, the date on COMMAND.COM is
>11-11-91.  I have not yet received the updated version, so I cannot
>confirm that.  (My current DOS-5 COMMAND.COM date is 4-09-91.)  If I
>learn anything different, I will post it.

There is an undocumented switch to the "ver" command...  If you type 
"ver /r" it will give you not only the version number but the revision
as well. Mine gives the following response...
 
    C:\>ver /r

    MS-DOS Version 5.00
    Revision A
    DOS is in HMA


Peter
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