Akai S2000 System Disk Issue - Can you help?

Hi Gang...

First let me thank any and all responses in advance. I know that hardware is not much of what we're about here on the cakewalk DAW forums... ;-)

I was just given an Akai S2000 on "long-term loan"... My friend got a deal on it somewhere and never even tried to use it.

So when I turn it on it asks for the system disk... I searched the web for a few days and came up with a file that is supposed to either be or make the system disk. It doesn't do anything when I load the file itself on a floppy disk, so I tried running the file (which is an exe program). It appears to be making the system disk, but altho windows opens a DOS window and runs the file, it blocks access to the hard drive (it gives a message that it can't allow the access) and the program terminates. So the system disk can't get formed.

Is there still a way for me to open a DOS interface without windows? It was easy in the old windows (pro win95) but has become more difficult with each new version of windows.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

Keni