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{{Non-free use rationale |Article = Abort, Retry, Fail? |Description = A screen capture of the infamous "Abort, Retry, Fail?" prompt from [[MS-DOS]]. |Source = Screen shot of MS-DOS 6.x (from Win98SE), running in a virtual ma
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MS-DOS prompts "Abort, Retry, Fail?" after being commanded to list a directory with no diskette in the drive using the dir command.