ms-dos

[geepee]

can someone tell me how to switch in ms-dos with XP!!???

[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.

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Nicholas

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"geepee" > wrote in message:
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| can someone tell me how to switch in ms-dos with XP!!???

[Chris Lanier]

Windows XP doesnt include DOS. You can't get into it. Although you can
access the command prompt by going to Start>>Run>>"cmd"

"geepee" > wrote in message
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> can someone tell me how to switch in ms-dos with XP!!???

[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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"geepee" > wrote in message
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> can someone tell me how to switch in ms-dos with XP!!???

[sqr]

cmd is the 32 bit emulator and command is the 16 bit version.

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"Nicholas" > wrote in message
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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.

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Nicholas

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"geepee" > wrote in message:
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| can someone tell me how to switch in ms-dos with XP!!???