
           C O M P A Q (R)   P E R S O N A L   C O M P U T E R S
              C O M P A Q   M S - D O S   V E R S I O N   5.0
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In order to use MS-DOS Version 5.0, as published by Compaq Computer
Corporation, you must copy and decompress the files on the MS-DOS Version
5.0 package to your hard drive by any of the methods described in this
README file.

METHOD 1:  Use the FASTART utility to automatically copy and, if necessary,
decompress the files.  Insert the FASTART/SYSTEM diskette in drive A.
Restart the system by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys, and follow the
instructions on the screen.

METHOD 2:  Use the CPQXPAND utility to copy and, if necessary, decompress
all files into a specified directory.

    EXAMPLE:  This command copies all files from the root directory on
    drive A to the DOS directory on drive C.  Insert the FASTART/SYSTEM
    diskette in drive A and type

        CPQXPAND A:\*.* C:\DOS

METHOD 3:  Use the CPQXPAND utility to copy individual files, regular or
compressed.  (Compressed files have an exclamation point [!] as the second
character of the file extension.)

    EXAMPLE:  This command copies and decompresses the DOSSHELL.E!E
    file from the root directory on drive A to the DOS directory on
    drive C, and creates the file DOSSHELL.EXE on the hard disk.
    Insert the diskette with the DOSSHELL file in drive A and type

        CPQXPAND A:\DOSSHELL.E!E C:\DOS
