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how do get windows xp to start in dos mode and not use the dos prompt that is under accessories
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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
Ronan;
There is no DOS in Windows XP.
You can get a Windows 98 boot disk and boot the computer and be in
DOS.
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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
There is no DOS in Windows XP.
You can get a Windows 98 boot disk and boot the computer and be in
DOS.
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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
prompt that is under accessoriesRonan said:how do get windows xp to start in dos mode and not use the dos
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Chris Holden
is under accessoriesRonan said:how do get windows xp to start in dos mode and not use the dos prompt that
You don't - it can't do it as there is no actual DOS in XP. To get round it,
you could use a Win 98 boot floppy (or similar - try www.bootdisk.com for a
few options) . However, if you have any NTFS formatted partitions, you will
not be able to access them.
Chris
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Frank
prompt that is under accessoriesRonan said:how do get windows xp to start in dos mode and not use the dos
F8 on boot choose command prompt only. This will not give you
MSDOS, but a command prompt in console mode.
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
Not to put too fine a point on it, you don'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, nor does it have a "DOS mode," as did Win9x. WinXP does
include a command-line emulator for those times when GUI applets are
unnecessary/redundant, but it cannot be started in "DOS mode."
What, precisely, are you trying to accomplish? Perhaps we can
offer alternative methods.
Bruce Chambers
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Not to put too fine a point on it, you don'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, nor does it have a "DOS mode," as did Win9x. WinXP does
include a command-line emulator for those times when GUI applets are
unnecessary/redundant, but it cannot be started in "DOS mode."
What, precisely, are you trying to accomplish? Perhaps we can
offer alternative methods.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH