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I need to know how to restart in DOS mode is it even possible?!
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Carey Frisch [MVP]
Windows XP is not based on MS-DOS, hence you cannot boot into it.
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
Since there is no DOS in Windows XP, No.
You can boot to a MS-DOS Boot Disk or similar if necessary.
To make:
Insert blank floppy
Open My Computer
Right click Floppy
Click Format
Click "MS-DOS Boot Disk"
Follow prompts
You can boot to a MS-DOS Boot Disk or similar if necessary.
To make:
Insert blank floppy
Open My Computer
Right click Floppy
Click Format
Click "MS-DOS Boot Disk"
Follow prompts
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
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."
Bruce Chambers
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Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
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."
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
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Jerry
Boot with a boot floppy made under Win 98, or SE, or ME.
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*Vanguard*
"Jerry" said in news:[email protected]:
If you don't have but the one copy of Windows XP (i.e., you don't go buying
multiple versions of DOS and Windows when you want just one version), get
disk images from:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
The .exe file will lay down an image on the A: floppy to make it bootable.
Lots of versions available. Microsoft even knows about them and I saw one
of their KB articles even recommend going there.
Boot with a boot floppy made under Win 98, or SE, or ME.
If you don't have but the one copy of Windows XP (i.e., you don't go buying
multiple versions of DOS and Windows when you want just one version), get
disk images from:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
The .exe file will lay down an image on the A: floppy to make it bootable.
Lots of versions available. Microsoft even knows about them and I saw one
of their KB articles even recommend going there.
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Donald McDaniel
Jupiter said:Since there is no DOS in Windows XP, No.
You can boot to a MS-DOS Boot Disk or similar if necessary.
To make:
Insert blank floppy
Open My Computer
Right click Floppy
Click Format
Click "MS-DOS Boot Disk"
Follow prompts
However, the boot disk you can create from within Windows XP does not
contain any utilities or CD drivers. About the only thing it is good for is
flashing your BIOS, which requires a "Plain Vanilla" DOS disk.
If you need a boot disk which contains utilities and CD drivers, go here:
http://www.bootdisk.com