DOS and WIN XP

[JC]

How do i boot into DOS from XP?

I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy enough,
but actual DOS..

Thanks.

[Will Denny]

Hi

With a Win 9x EBD. If you haven't got one, you can get the files from
www.bootdisk.com

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


"JC" > wrote in message
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| How do i boot into DOS from XP?
|
| I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy enough,
| but actual DOS..
|
| Thanks.

[Gordon]

"JC" > wrote in message
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> How do i boot into DOS from XP?
>
> I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy enough,
> but actual DOS..
>
> Thanks.

You don't because XP does not sit on DOS. The only way is to boot with a DOS
boot disk.

[R. C. White]

Hi, JC.

As the others have said, MS-DOS and WinXP are mutually exclusive. You can't
run either from the other.

WinXP WILL make an MS-DOS boot floppy for you, and you can reboot your
computer into MS-DOS by using that. To make that floppy, right-click on
your Drive A: (in My Computer or Windows Explorer) and click Format... (with
a blank or reusable diskette in the drive). Choose to Create an MS-DOS
startup disk. When it is finished, set your BIOS to boot from floppy and
reboot. Of course, you won't be able to access any drives that are
formatted NTFS while booted into MS-DOS.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"JC" > wrote in message
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> How do i boot into DOS from XP?
>
> I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy enough,
> but actual DOS..
>
> Thanks.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Short answer: You can't.

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, included, or "ridden upon" 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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"JC" > wrote in message
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> How do i boot into DOS from XP?
>
> I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy enough,
> but actual DOS..
>
> Thanks.

[misc]

Well you can get this handy little program called NTFS Reader. It's free.
http://www.ntfs.com/

I also added USB support to my
boot disk so I couls access USB drives
when doing data recovery.

Dave
Da Burgh, PA


"R. C. White" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, JC.
>
> As the others have said, MS-DOS and WinXP are mutually exclusive. You
can't
> run either from the other.
>
> WinXP WILL make an MS-DOS boot floppy for you, and you can reboot your
> computer into MS-DOS by using that. To make that floppy, right-click on
> your Drive A: (in My Computer or Windows Explorer) and click Format...
(with
> a blank or reusable diskette in the drive). Choose to Create an MS-DOS
> startup disk. When it is finished, set your BIOS to boot from floppy and
> reboot. Of course, you won't be able to access any drives that are
> formatted NTFS while booted into MS-DOS.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "JC" > wrote in message
> ...
> > How do i boot into DOS from XP?
> >
> > I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy enough,
> > but actual DOS..
> >
> > Thanks.
>

[Lionel A.]

>I also added USB support to my
>boot disk so I couls access USB drives
>when doing data recovery.

How did you do that ?

I am really interested in this solution: I have a laptop
with XP that doesn't boot any more, and "repair" from the
Windows CD fails. My only hope to get back the data I have
on my hard drive is to use NTFS reader to send it on a USB
key.

Is you software available somewhere ?

Thanks
Lionel A.

>Dave
>Da Burgh, PA
>
>
>"R. C. White" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi, JC.
>>
>> As the others have said, MS-DOS and WinXP are mutually
exclusive. You
>can't
>> run either from the other.
>>
>> WinXP WILL make an MS-DOS boot floppy for you, and you
can reboot your
>> computer into MS-DOS by using that. To make that
floppy, right-click on
>> your Drive A: (in My Computer or Windows Explorer) and
click Format...
>(with
>> a blank or reusable diskette in the drive). Choose to
Create an MS-DOS
>> startup disk. When it is finished, set your BIOS to
boot from floppy and
>> reboot. Of course, you won't be able to access any
drives that are
>> formatted NTFS while booted into MS-DOS.
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>>
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>
>> "JC" > wrote in
message
>> ...
>> > How do i boot into DOS from XP?
>> >
>> > I don't mean a coomand prompt window, that's easy
enough,
>> > but actual DOS..
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>
>
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