IT Answers » Windows startup disks http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers Fri, 24 May 2013 22:16:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Can you set memory options (HMA/XMS/EMS/etc.) for Windows XP MS-DOS startup disks? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/can-you-set-memory-options-hmaxmsemsetc-for-windows-xp-ms-dos-startup-disks/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/can-you-set-memory-options-hmaxmsemsetc-for-windows-xp-ms-dos-startup-disks/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:03:14 +0000 Ulinebig Specifically, I’d like to free up HMA like one would do by removing the “HIGH” from “DOS=HIGH,UMB” in MS-DOS 6 config.sys files, but I’d also like to manage other types of memory if possible. Can this be done? I have a program that has to be run using a DOS boot disk, and running it within Windows in compatibility mode or with other versions of DOS aren’t options.

With a vanilla XP DOS startup disk the program is unable to read 100000h, so I’m guessing the problem is with HMA right now.

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