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Windows 98 - The MSDOS.SYS in focus: Secret switches and commands

November 25, 2013
Updated: April 14, 2022
Quick overview:

Einige Überbleibsel aus DOS-, Windows 3.1- und Windows 95-Tagen finden wir, aus Kompatibilitätsgründen, noch heute in Windows 98/Me. Diese spielen eine wichtige Rolle in den 16-/32-Bit Mischlingen der 9x-Reihe. Besonders die msdos.sys bleibt nach vielen Jahren immer noch erhalten - lediglich Windows NT-basierende Systeme (2000/XP/2003) sind reine 32-Bit Windows-Versionen, die nichts mehr mit diesem Win16-Grundstein zu tun haben.

Bei 98/Me ist die MSDOS.SYS eine essentielle Systemdatei und mächtig, wenn es um die Steuerung des Betriebssystem-Startprozesses geht. Die wichtigsten Befehle der MSDOS, mit denen Sie Ihren Startvorgang beschleunigen und Systemressourcen sparen, finden Sie hier...

Hinweis: Öffnen und editieren Sie die msdos.sys mit Hilfe dieser Anleitung von Windows-Tweaks!

Betrachten Sie folgenden Bildausschnitt - die verschiedenen Befehle der unten stehenden Liste müssen unter [Options] eingetragen werden:

MSDOS.SYS - you can enter the following values

AutoScan=VALUEIf you enter the number 0 for VALUE, ScanDisk is deactivated in the event of an incorrect shutdown.1
BootDelay=VALUESome tools/programs set a value higher than 0 here for security reasons and delay the start process unnecessarily. Make sure that 0 is entered as the value!0, 1, 2
DblSpace=VALUEDoubleSpace is a DOS memory compression tool that is no longer used today. Prevent the DS driver from loading with DblSpace=0.1
DisableLog=VALUEA log is created in the Bootlog.txt; prevent the creation with VALUE=1.0
DoubleBuffer=VALUELarger IDE and SCSI hard disks gain speed from the double buffer. 1 ensures automatic detection and activation; 2 forces activation.0
Logo=VALUEActivates (1) or deactivates (0) the boot logo Windows 98/Me is started.1
SystemReg=VALUEChecks the WindowsRegistry on startup if the value has been set to 1. Recommendation: Set this value to 1 every 14 days for a system start and otherwise leave it at 0 so that the registry is not (unnecessarily) checked at every system start.1

Speichern Sie nun ab und schließen Sie die Datei. Bereits beim nächsten Systemstart sind die Änderungen aktiv und Sie können sich vielleicht schon über einen schnelleren Boot-up (Hochfahr) Prozess und mehr freie Ressourcen freuen!

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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