Booting to DOS in Win ME

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Rev. Carbuncle Fondue

hello,
How can one boot to DOS while running, or at least have installed, windows
ME. I can reboot (windows) in Safe Mode or from other drives, but don't
know how to get to DOS like in 98 or NT. I can't google an answer on this
one. Could I reboot from a 98 cd registered to me and go from there? How
would this effect ME when I went back to booting windows from the hd?

I'm actually thinking of reformatting and reinstalling my 98 and updating
the works. No heckling from the anti-windows folks, please. I like some
versions a lot.

And yes, some of this deals with virii, so it's on topic.

Thanks for past & future help,

CF
 
Rev. Carbuncle Fondue said:
hello,
How can one boot to DOS while running, or at least have installed, windows
ME. I can reboot (windows) in Safe Mode or from other drives, but don't
know how to get to DOS like in 98 or NT. I can't google an answer on this
one. Could I reboot from a 98 cd registered to me and go from there? How
would this effect ME when I went back to booting windows from the hd?

I'm actually thinking of reformatting and reinstalling my 98 and updating
the works. No heckling from the anti-windows folks, please. I like some
versions a lot.

And yes, some of this deals with virii, so it's on topic.

Thanks for past & future help,

CF
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Why do you want to boot in to dos?
 
hello,
How can one boot to DOS while running, or at least have installed, windows
ME. I can reboot (windows) in Safe Mode or from other drives, but don't
know how to get to DOS like in 98 or NT. I can't google an answer on this
one. Could I reboot from a 98 cd registered to me and go from there? How
would this effect ME when I went back to booting windows from the hd?

I'm actually thinking of reformatting and reinstalling my 98 and updating
the works. No heckling from the anti-windows folks, please. I like some
versions a lot.

And yes, some of this deals with virii, so it's on topic.

Thanks for past & future help,
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Take a look at Chris Quirke's page:

http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/me-dos.htm

Of the methods he outlines, I've been using #1, the mfd4life hack on
Win ME without problems.

You did make a system boot disk I hope :) BTW, there are some other
very interesting things that can be done. You can boot up ME (and
other OS) into a Windows command-line-mode-only. You can create a boot
disk that boots directly into Windows. All kinds of nifty tricks :)


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
Rev. Carbuncle Fondue said:
hello,
How can one boot to DOS while running, or at least have installed, windows
ME. I can reboot (windows) in Safe Mode or from other drives, but don't
know how to get to DOS like in 98 or NT. I can't google an answer on this
one. Could I reboot from a 98 cd registered to me and go from there? How
would this effect ME when I went back to booting windows from the hd?

I'm actually thinking of reformatting and reinstalling my 98 and updating
the works. No heckling from the anti-windows folks, please. I like some
versions a lot.

And yes, some of this deals with virii, so it's on topic.
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You have three options:

1. Get the MAKERESQ utility from http://invircible.com/iv_tools.php#MakeRESQ
MakeResQ will prepare a DOS boot floppy customized for YOUR computer, simply by
running the utility from Windows.

2. Get the FreeDOS boot floppy from http://invircible.com/iv_tools.php#FreeDOS
Boot of the floppy made with the utility and you should be able to access your
drive(s) and files.

3. Get the ToggleMode utility from www.invircible.com/item/80 The utility will
let you start ANY Win32 platform in a safe WITH COMMAND PROMPT mode, including
ME.

The last option is the recommended one as it has many advantages. Among them is
the mounting of all drives, including CD-ROM (which is what you want), and is
ideal for conducting anti-virus work with tools designed to work under Windows,
without letting malware to interfere with the cleaning.

Read the instructions on the respective page before proceeding.

Regards, Zvi
 
Zvi Netiv said:
You have three options:

1. Get the MAKERESQ utility from http://invircible.com/iv_tools.php#MakeRESQ
MakeResQ will prepare a DOS boot floppy customized for YOUR computer, simply by
running the utility from Windows.

2. Get the FreeDOS boot floppy from http://invircible.com/iv_tools.php#FreeDOS
Boot of the floppy made with the utility and you should be able to access your
drive(s) and files.

3. Get the ToggleMode utility from www.invircible.com/item/80 The utility will
let you start ANY Win32 platform in a safe WITH COMMAND PROMPT mode, including
ME.

The last option is the recommended one as it has many advantages. Among them is
the mounting of all drives, including CD-ROM (which is what you want), and is
ideal for conducting anti-virus work with tools designed to work under Windows,
without letting malware to interfere with the cleaning.

Read the instructions on the respective page before proceeding.

Regards, Zvi
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Looks good. Thanks all.

CF
 
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