dos from startup

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Seatun

is there any way i can get to dos by pressing a key during
startup. you know like how you get to bios by pressing
Del. im using xp pro
 
Seatun said:
is there any way i can get to dos by pressing a key during
startup. you know like how you get to bios by pressing
Del. im using xp pro
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No. There is no DOS under Windows XP.
You can either start a Command Prompt within Windows XP or boot from a DOS
start-up disk.

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Greetings --

Not to put too fine a point on it, you can't.

There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS unless
you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT family of 32-bit
graphical operating systems, of which WinXP is the latest generation,
has never used or included MS-DOS. The closest they have is the
Command Prompt window.

WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT & Win2K, is a pure 32-bit GUI
OS, and does not include or "ride upon" any version of DOS, as did
Win3.x & Win9x/Me. WinXP does include a command-line emulator for
those times when GUI applets are unnecessary/redundant, but it cannot
be started in "DOS mode."


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