xp - start in ms dos

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Drew

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RESTART WINDOWS XP IN IN MS-DOS
MODE SO I CAN REFORMAT MY HARD DRIVE?

THANKS

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Drew said:
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RESTART WINDOWS XP IN IN MS-DOS
MODE SO I CAN REFORMAT MY HARD DRIVE?

THANKS

(e-mail address removed)
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1) Lose the caps - it's considered yelling, is incredibly rude and makes
your posts very hard to read.

2) Windows XP doesn't have DOS.

3) Change your BIOS to boot from the CD. If you don't know how to do that
suggest you RTFM.
 
Greetings --

First of all, please unstick your CapsLock key. Posting in all
caps, as you have done, is the Usenet equivalent of shouting, and is
considered very rude. More importantly, posting in all caps makes the
post very hard to read, further reducing your chances of getting help.

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."

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered
the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of
the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of
boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers

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Drew said:
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RESTART WINDOWS XP IN IN MS-DOS
MODE SO I CAN REFORMAT MY HARD DRIVE?
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Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you type normally, in
mixed case.

Windows XP has no MS-DOS mode, and it's not possible to do what
you ask.

If you want to reformat the drive to reinstall Windows XP, just
boot from the XP and follow the prompts. It will reformat for you
as part of a clean installation.
 
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