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[Robert]

How do I boot into DOS

[Nicholas]

Windows XP does not have an option to boot into MS-DOS
because it is not based on the old MS-DOS platform.

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter to get the
Command Prompt for the MS-DOS emulator.

The Windows XP CD itself is bootable and is a Startup Disk.
It has all the necessary tools to repair XP in the event of an
unlikely failure. However, you can make your own bootable
floppy disk if you so desire:

How to Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard=20
Against Being Unable to Start Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;Q314079

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

How to Access Safe Mode
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm#How%20to%20access%20Safe%20=
Mode


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Nicholas

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"Robert" > wrote in message:
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| How do I boot into DOS

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Robert > typed:

> How do I boot into DOS


Sorry, that's not possible with Windows XP, which has no DOS. If
you want to do so, you have to boot from a DOS diskette (but if
your hard drive is NTFS, you won't be able to see it without
special third-party software).

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Ken Blake
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