MS-DOS 6.0

Originally 86-DOS, written by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products, DOS was a rough clone of CP/M for 8086 based hardware. Microsoft purchased it and licensed it to IBM for use with Microsoft's IBM PC language products. In 1982, Microsoft began licensing DOS to other OEMs that ported it to their custom x86 hardware and IBM PC clones.

For IBM-specific releases, please see the IBM PC-DOS product page.



Release notes

MS-DOS 6.0 includes many new utilities and features, including a disk defragmenter, disk compression, anti-virus, a new backup system, and pc-pc file transfer tools. It was heavily criticized as buggy by the media, primarily due to file corruption issues with DoubleSpace and the lack of tools to repair such issues.

Note that the boot sector OEM ID of "MSDOS6.0" is correct and genuine. Microsoft reverted to using "MSDOS5.0" on later disks.

Installation instructions

The "Full" version can be installed on a blank drive or as an upgrade with an uninstall option.

The non-upgrade versions can be installed on a blank drive or overwrite any existing DOS.

The Upgrade versions can only be installed if a previous qualifying DOS is present, and provides an uninstall option.

Product type
OS
Vendor
Microsoft
Release date
1993
Minimum CPU
8088
Minimum RAM
512KB
Minimum free disk space
6MB
User interface
Text
Platform
DOS
Download count
1606 (24 for release)

Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 (Upgrade) (3.5-1.44mb) 6.0 (Upgrade) Upgrade English 3.9MB 8
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 (Upgrade) (5.25-1.2mb) 6.0 (Upgrade) Upgrade English 8.5MB 1
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Plus Enhanced Tools (3.5-1.44mb) 6.0 English 3.94MB 6
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Plus Enhanced Tools (5.25-1.2mb) 6.0 English 8.22MB 3
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Plus Enhanced Tools [French] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.0 Plus Enhanced Tools French 3.77MB 2
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Supplemental Files 6.0 Supplement English 532.38KB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 [Digital OEM] [Dutch] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.0 [Digital OEM] Dutch 4.72MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 [HP Vectra OEM] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.0 [HP Vectra OEM] English 3.49MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 [ICL OEM] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.0 [ICL OEM] English 3.95MB 1
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.00 Plus Enhanced Tools [Dell OEM] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.00 Plus Enhanced Tools English 4.4MB 2
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.00 [Brazilian-Portuguese] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.00 Brazilian-Portuguese 3.78MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.00 [Brazilian-Portuguese] (5.25-1.2mb) 6.00 Brazilian-Portuguese 3.62MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.00 [German] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.00 German 4.02MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.00 [German] (Upgrade) (5.25-1.2mb) 6.00 Upgrade German 4.02MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.00.0015 Beta (3.5-1.44mb) 6.00.0015 Beta Prerelease English 4.09MB 1

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