Starting XP from DOS

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Dehlia

I have XP Home on FAT32. At times I use a diskette to get to DOS.
From DOS how can I start off XP Home? In Windows 98 I used to type
*Win* - what's the command for XP?
Thanks for any help.
 
Dehlia,
You won't be able to do that in Windows XP. With Windows 98, Windows was
more of a shell than an OS - the underlying operating system was still DOS,
which is why you could start your computer and use DOS without starting the
Windows shell.

In XP, Windows *is* the OS - it's not a shell anymore. Windows XP is based
on Windows NT, which doesn't have DOS as a supporting layer anymore.

If you boot your computer up with a DOS boot disk, the only way you'll be
able to start Windows is by rebooting your machine without the disk.

--
Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
MS-MVP - Windows Setup and Deployment

PATCH YOUR WINDOWS NT/2000/XP/2003 COMPUTERS!
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp
 
You reboot. No other way.
Why is it sad ?
Click to expand...

[snip]

oh don't mind me, folks.. I don't complain really, it's just that old
habits die hard :)

I've lapped up the info and am grateful to all.
 
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