MS-DOS 5

MS-DOS 5 is a family of MS-DOS versions, initially released in June 1991.
== History ==
=== MS-DOS 5.00 ===
MS-DOS 5.00 was released in June 1991. Various bugs from version 4.01 have been fixed. Additional utilities for working with memory and disks were added. A full screen text editor, EDIT , has replaced the former line editor, EDLIN , which was supplied since the early days of DOS.MS-DOS 5.0, WinWorld. The SELECT installation program has been replaced with a new setup that further streamlined the installation process. It was also the first version to support 3.5-inch 2.88 MB floppy drives and diskettes and have support for up to four DOS primary partitions. Despite this, FDISK cannot create more than one.
This version includes the HIMEM.SYS driver, and loads portions of the operating system into the upper and high memory areas.
=== MS-DOS 5.00a ===
MS-DOS 5.00a was released in November 1991 and fixed bugs found in the initial release, mainly pertaining to FORMAT and FDISK commands.
=== MS-DOS 5.00A ===
MS-DOS 5.00A (note the capital letter A) was released in November 1992 for the Japanese NEC PC-98x1 series computers.https://support.nec-lavie.jp/support/product/data/spec/sft/sw091f-1.html
=== MS-DOS 5.00A-H ===
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.Timeline of MS-DOS for NEC PC98 [PC98], radioc.dat. 2 October 2018. 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.PC-98 Games Install Tutorial, Tokugawa Corporate Forums. 30 October 2019.https://retro-visual.jimdofree.com/pc-98/games-install/games-p-z/#policenauts
==List of known pre-release builds==
===Beta===
===Beta 2===
===Release Candidate===
==Gallery==
===Standalone setup===
File:20200730-130341-346.png|Welcome
File:20200730-130351-648.png|Settings
File:20200730-130424-953.png|Options
File:20200730-130446-310.png|Partitioning
File:20200730-130523-375.png|Formatting
File:20200730-130610-341.png|Copying files
File:20200730-130645-097.png|Disk swap prompt
File:20200730-130847-015.png|Complete
===Applications===
File:20200730-130900-021.png|MS-DOS Shell
File:20200730-131130-828.png|MS-DOS Editor
QBasic-Welcome.png|QBasic
QBasic-SurvivalGuide.png|QBasic Survival Guide
File:20200730-131350-297.png|Gorillas
===Janus setup===
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-InstallMSDOSWindows.png|Install MS-DOS and/or Windows
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-UseNetwork.png|Use network for Windows?
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-UninstallDisks.png|Provide uninstall disks
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-SetupType.png|Setup type
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-BackupHD.png|Back up hard disks
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-DOSSettings.png|DOS settings
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-WinDirectory.png|Windows directory
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-SystemComponents.png|System components
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-CopyingFiles.png|Copying files
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-StartWin.png|Starting Windows
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-SetupNameOrg.png|Enter name and organization
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-ConfNameOrg.png|Confirm name and organization
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-SetupOptions.png|Setup options
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-VirtualMenory.png|Virtual memory
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-InsertDisk.png|Insert disk
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-CopyingFiles2.png|Copying files
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-ConfAuto1.png|Modify config.sys and autoexec.bat
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-ConfAuto2.png|Renamed old files
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-SetupApps.png|Setup applications
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-FoundApps.png|Found applications
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-RunTutorial.png|Run tutorial?
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-CopyingRecoveryFiles.png|Copying recovery files
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-InsertDisk2.png|Insert disk
File:MSDOS50-Windows31-SetupComplete.png|Setup complete
=== FM TOWNS ===
File:MS-DOS-5.0L22-FMTowns-Setup1.PNG|Setup - Welcome
File:MS-DOS-5.0L22-FMTowns-Setup2.PNG|Copying files
File:MS-DOS-5.0L22-FMTowns-DOSSHELL.PNG|DOSSHELL
File:MS-DOS-5.0L22-FMTowns-DOS.PNG|ver /r
==References==
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