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September 14, 2000
- Final release 8.0 (Windows Me) / September 14, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-09-14)
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The last traces of MS-DOS were removed entirely in Windows with Windows 11, when the NTVDM component was discontinued from the operating system due to it being no longer offered in 32-bit versions (being solely offered in 64-bit versions only), effectively ending any association of MS-DOS within Microsoft Windows after 36 years.
Windows ME is released, identifying itself as MS-DOS 8.0. This is the last version of MS-DOS, as future versions of Windows would be based on the Windows NT architecture.
Microsoft DOS 6.22 was the last standalone version from Microsoft. It was also the last from Microsoft to run on an 8088, 8086, or 286. 6.22 adds DriveSpace, a replacement for DOS 6.20's DoubleSpace drive compression that was removed in 6.21.
Sep 12, 2023 · MS-DOS 6.21 was released in March 1994. It removed the DBLSPACE utility, which legally infringed on the third-party disk compression software STACKER. MS-DOS 6.22 was released in April 1994. It included DRVSPACE, a compression utility that replaced DBLSPACE. It was the last stand-alone version of MS-DOS to be released. 1995. Windows 95 was ...
The last retail version of PC DOS was PC DOS 2000 (also called PC DOS 7 revision 1), though IBM did later develop PC DOS 7.10 for OEMs and internal use. The FreeDOS project began on 26 June 1994, when Microsoft announced it would no longer sell or support MS-DOS.
Apr 21, 2023 · MS-DOS was introduced in 1981, with its final release on Windows Me in 2000. With the arrival of Windows 95, MS-DOS was shunted to the sidelines as a secondary mode for legacy software to run. By the time of Windows XP, MS-DOS was almost absent, with only poor DOS emulation and an emergency boot disk that relied on it.
MS-DOS was released for x86 computers, went through eight major versions and was ultimately retired from all active support in 2006. Most users of either DOS system simply referred to it as Disk Operating System. Like PC-DOS, MS-DOS was -- and still is -- a non-graphical, line-oriented, command-driven OS.
