Posted by Valerie on September 12, 2007 at 21:23:49:
In Reply to: A way to get a full copy of DOS on hard disk? posted by KL on September 12, 2007 at 11:48:24:
XP and Vista - I think it still holds true that MS-Dos must be installed on the first partition i.e. C: and must be installed first otherwise the Win boot sectors and files will be overwritten.
Here's an MS KB on the subject: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306559
Good luck