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This post was most recently updated on December 11th, 2018<\/p>

The 11 MS-DOS commands
\u00a0that return errorlevels and
what those errorlevels mean!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Command:<\/td>\nErrorlevel<\/td>\nMS-DOS version<\/td>\nMEANING:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
—-<\/td>\n——<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—————<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BACKUP<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3.2+<\/td>\nThe backup was successful.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nNo files were found to back up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nSome files were not backed up because of file-sharing conflicts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user pressed CTRL+C to stop the process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe process stopped because of an error.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISKCOMP<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.01+<\/td>\nThe disks are the same.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nDifferences were found.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user pressed CTRL+C to stop the process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nA hard error occurred.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nAn initialization error occurred.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISKCOPY<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.01+<\/td>\nThe copy operation was successful.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nA nonfatal read\/write error occurred.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user pressed CTRL+C to stop the process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nA fatal hard error occurred, unable to read<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nthe source disk or format the target disk.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nAn initialization error occurred. There is not<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nenough memory – invalid drives or command line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nsyntax.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIND<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\nAt least one occurence has been found.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nNo occurence has been found.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe search was not completed, due to break or<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nerror.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FORMAT<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3.2+<\/td>\nThe format operation was successful.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user pressed CTRL+C to stop the process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nA fatal error occurred (any error other than<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n0,3, or 5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user pressed N in response to the prompt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n“Proceed with Format (Y\/N)?” to stop the process.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GRAFTABL<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.01+<\/td>\nCharacter set was loaded successfully; no<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nprevious code page was loaded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nCharacter set was already loaded and replaced by new table.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nA file error occurred.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nAn incorrect parameter was specified; no action was taken.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nAn incorrect version of MS-DOS is in use;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nversion 5.0 is required.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KEYB<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n5.0+<\/td>\nKeyboard definition file was loaded successfully.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nInvalid keyboard code, code page, or syntax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nwas used.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nKeyboard definition file is bad or missing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nAn error occurred while communicating with the CON device.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe requested code page has not been prepared.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REPLACE<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.01+<\/td>\nReplace successfully replaced or added the files.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nCommand line error.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3.2+<\/td>\nReplace could not find the source files.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nReplace could not find the source or destination path.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\u00a0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user does not have access to the files you want to replace.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThere is insufficient system memory to carry out the command.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user used the wrong syntax on the command line.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n4.01<\/td>\nInvalid drive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nOther<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nStandard MS-DOS error.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RESTORE<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3.2+<\/td>\nRestore successfully restored the file or files.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nRestore could not find the files to restore.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3.2<\/td>\nSome files not restored due to sharing conflicts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3.2+<\/td>\nhe user pressed CTRL+C to stop the restoring operation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nRestore stopped because of an error.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
=<\/td>\n=<\/td>\n=<\/td>\n=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SETVER<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n5 Only<\/td>\nSetver successfully completed its task.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user specified an invalid command switch.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user specified an invalid filename.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThere is insufficient system memory to carry out the command.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user specified an invalid version-number format.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nSetver could not find the specified entry in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nthe version table.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nSetver could not find the SETVER.EXE file.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user specified an invalid drive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe user specified too many command-line parameters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nSetver detected missing command-line parameters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nSetver detected an error while reading the SETVER.EXE file.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe SETVER.EXE file is corrupt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThe specified SETVER.EXE file does not support a version table.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nThere is insufficient space in the version table for a new entry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nSetver detected an error while writing to the SETVER.EXE file.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
XCOPY<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4.01+<\/td>\nFiles were copied without error.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n“<\/td>\nNo files were found to copy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4.01<\/td>\nControl+C entered by user to terminate xcopy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\nThe user pressed CTRL+C to terminate xcopy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4.01+<\/td>\nInitialization error occurred. There is not enough memory or disk space, or you entered an invalid drive name or invalid syntax on< the command line.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n4.01<\/td>\nInt 24 error occurred. The user aborted from INT 24 error reading or writing disk.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\nDisk write error occurred.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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