MS-DOS under Windows XP

[Werner]

Can I install MS-DOS 6.2 under Windows XP Home Edition on
my new computer and if so how?

[Nicholas]

How to Multiple Boot Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT,=20
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and MS-DOS
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;Q217210

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Nicholas

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"Werner" > wrote in message:
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| Can I install MS-DOS 6.2 under Windows XP Home Edition on=20
| my new computer and if so how?

[Jim Macklin]

You'd need a FAT16 partition and you could install DOS and
DOS applications. Then you could dual boot. I don't think
DOS 6 can read a FAT32 file.
I could be wrong...but I think there are Knowledge Base
articles on the at http://support.microsoft.com/


"Werner" > wrote in message
...
| Can I install MS-DOS 6.2 under Windows XP Home Edition on
| my new computer and if so how?

[Ray Taylor]

If the other suggestions dont work, click start > run and in the box type
command. This is different from windows' command prompt or cmd.

Ray Taylor




"Werner" > wrote in message
...
> Can I install MS-DOS 6.2 under Windows XP Home Edition on
> my new computer and if so how?

[Amethyst]

Ray Taylor wrote:
> If the other suggestions dont work, click start > run and in the box
> type command. This is different from windows' command prompt or cmd.
>
> Ray Taylor
>


Ray,

That will categorically /NOT/ work - you'd still be attempting to install an
ancient OS from within a new one, and cannot be accomplished. Jim is correct
(as is Nicholas) you need to dual boot and install to a FAT16 partition.

[Ray Taylor]

To my knowledge, such features of using 'start > run > command' include
allowing you to access and use NTFS drives and you do not have to reboot
everytime you wish to switch from windows to dos. You can also multitask.
Also you are not 'installing' dos. It is already installed with windows and
I have yet to see an option in the windows setup that allows you to either
not install dos or not install the command prompt.

I do take into account that there are some disadvantages and that my
solution may not work in all scenarios, however if one were to try different
solutions, a better way may be found. I offered a solution not knowing what
the scenario was eg. games, applications, dos only mode programs. So if my
suggestion did not work, i expect it to be dismissed or to be used in the
future, if the need arises.



Ray Taylor





"Amethyst" > wrote in message
...
> Ray Taylor wrote:
> > If the other suggestions dont work, click start > run and in the box
> > type command. This is different from windows' command prompt or cmd.
> >
> > Ray Taylor
> >
>
>
> Ray,
>
> That will categorically /NOT/ work - you'd still be attempting to install
an
> ancient OS from within a new one, and cannot be accomplished. Jim is
correct
> (as is Nicholas) you need to dual boot and install to a FAT16 partition.
>
>

[Amethyst]

Ray Taylor wrote:
> To my knowledge, such features of using 'start > run > command'
> include allowing you to access and use NTFS drives and you do not
> have to reboot everytime you wish to switch from windows to dos. You
> can also multitask. Also you are not 'installing' dos. It is already
> installed with windows and I have yet to see an option in the windows
> setup that allows you to either not install dos or not install the
> command prompt.
>
> I do take into account that there are some disadvantages and that my
> solution may not work in all scenarios, however if one were to try
> different solutions, a better way may be found. I offered a solution
> not knowing what the scenario was eg. games, applications, dos only
> mode programs. So if my suggestion did not work, i expect it to be
> dismissed or to be used in the future, if the need arises.
>
>
>
> Ray Taylor
>


Please don't top post - makes following a thread very irritating. DOS
/CANNOT/ be installed on an NTFS formatted drive, so that really isn't an
issue. FAT16 is required for 6.22, IIRC.

[Tom Porterfield]

Amethyst wrote:

> Ray Taylor wrote:
> > If the other suggestions dont work, click start > run and in the box
> > type command. This is different from windows' command prompt or cmd.
>
> That will categorically NOT work - you'd still be attempting to
> install an ancient OS from within a new one, and cannot be
> accomplished. Jim is correct (as is Nicholas) you need to dual boot
> and install to a FAT16 partition.

Actually command.com is included with XP. Ray is not suggesting that
anything be installed, simply running the included command.com instead
of cmd.exe. It won't be running true DOS under XP, but might serve the
purposes of the original poster.

--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support

Please post all follows to the newsgroup only

[JimC]

Please don't post null replies, as you did for Ray Taylor.
If you have nothing to say, use the <Close> command rather
than the <Send Message> command. If is irritating when you
simply duplicate someone's message. We already knew what
Ray said :-)
Thanks, JimC
"Amethyst" > wrote in message
...
> Ray Taylor wrote:
> > To my knowledge, such features of using 'start > run >
command'
> > include allowing you to access and use NTFS drives and
you do not
> > have to reboot everytime you wish to switch from windows
to dos. You
> > can also multitask. Also you are not 'installing' dos.
It is already
> > installed with windows and I have yet to see an option
in the windows
> > setup that allows you to either not install dos or not
install the
> > command prompt.
> >
> > I do take into account that there are some disadvantages
and that my
> > solution may not work in all scenarios, however if one
were to try
> > different solutions, a better way may be found. I
offered a solution
> > not knowing what the scenario was eg. games,
applications, dos only
> > mode programs. So if my suggestion did not work, i
expect it to be
> > dismissed or to be used in the future, if the need
arises.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ray Taylor
> >
>
>
> Please don't top post - makes following a thread very
irritating. DOS
> /CANNOT/ be installed on an NTFS formatted drive, so that
really isn't an
> issue. FAT16 is required for 6.22, IIRC.
>
>

[Amethyst]

JimC wrote:
> Please don't post null replies, as you did for Ray Taylor.
> If you have nothing to say, use the <Close> command rather
> than the <Send Message> command. If is irritating when you
> simply duplicate someone's message. We already knew what
> Ray said :-)
> Thanks, JimC
> "Amethyst" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ray Taylor wrote:
>>> To my knowledge, such features of using 'start > run > command'
>>> include allowing you to access and use NTFS drives and you do not
>>> have to reboot everytime you wish to switch from windows to dos. You
>>> can also multitask. Also you are not 'installing' dos. It is already
>>> installed with windows and I have yet to see an option in the
>>> windows setup that allows you to either not install dos or not
>>> install the command prompt.
>>>
>>> I do take into account that there are some disadvantages and that my
>>> solution may not work in all scenarios, however if one were to try
>>> different solutions, a better way may be found. I offered a solution
>>> not knowing what the scenario was eg. games, applications, dos only
>>> mode programs. So if my suggestion did not work, i expect it to be
>>> dismissed or to be used in the future, if the need arises.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ray Taylor
>>>
>>
>>
>> Please don't top post - makes following a thread very irritating. DOS
>> /CANNOT/ be installed on an NTFS formatted drive, so that really
>> isn't an issue. FAT16 is required for 6.22, IIRC.

Another top posting cretin. No matter - that's the problem with
reformatting, you lose your killfile. I was informing him that it cannot be
installed on an NTFS formatted drive, you ****wit. That doesn't make it a
'null reply'. I'll post what I like - you seem content to waste everyone's
bandwidth - why shouldn't I? Or is that privilege reserved exclusively for
JimmyC?

[Siilly You]

"JimC" > wrote in message =
...
> Please don't post null replies, as you did for Ray Taylor.
> If you have nothing to say, use the <Close> command rather
> than the <Send Message> command. If is irritating when you
> simply duplicate someone's message. We already knew what
> Ray said :-)
> Thanks, JimC

Bwahahahaha!

While Amethyst is nothing more than a NG proper posting nag, you just =
made yourself out to be a total ****wit. Just so you know, that everyone =
sees your ****, I replied with your message within mine, in case that =
others who download new messages, may not get your (irritating) =
original, so they can see to what I replied. This is how it should be =
done as Amethyst followed good rule showing the OP's message in hers, so =
that others can see WTF is happening. You may want to get that pulled =
cranial hamstring remedied!

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

That's a pretty crude attempt at impersonating someone else. If
you want it to be convincing, at least put a little effort into it.

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Amethyst" > wrote in message
...

>
> Another top posting cretin. No matter - that's the problem with
> reformatting, you lose your killfile. I was informing him that it
cannot be
> installed on an NTFS formatted drive, you ****wit. That doesn't make
it a
> 'null reply'. I'll post what I like - you seem content to waste
everyone's
> bandwidth - why shouldn't I? Or is that privilege reserved
exclusively for
> JimmyC?
>
>

[JimC]

Silly B####,
I read Amethyst's complete bottom post and was just pulling
his/her leg. I get a courtesy subscription to a prominent
PC industry magazine. A recent article about newsgroups
included a poll for folks who are NOT on medication for
attention deficit disorder. Top-posting was preferred by
the majority. Of course, this poll excluded you for medical
reasons, and convicts cannot qualify for a courtesy
subscription. With your attitude, I doubt that you even get
a courtesy reach-around when the lights go out at night.

"Siilly You" <æVæ+s> wrote in message
news:edce9cf61adb71d97738f17752ce35e1@TeraNews...

"JimC" > wrote in message
...
> Please don't post null replies, as you did for Ray Taylor.
> If you have nothing to say, use the <Close> command rather
> than the <Send Message> command. If is irritating when
you
> simply duplicate someone's message. We already knew what
> Ray said :-)
> Thanks, JimC

Bwahahahaha!

While Amethyst is nothing more than a NG proper posting nag,
you just made yourself out to be a total ****wit. Just so
you know, that everyone sees your ****, I replied with your
message within mine, in case that others who download new
messages, may not get your (irritating) original, so they
can see to what I replied. This is how it should be done as
Amethyst followed good rule showing the OP's message in
hers, so that others can see WTF is happening. You may want
to get that pulled cranial hamstring remedied!

[Werner]

Thanks Jim and to all the others who replied to my DOS/XP
problem. It appears that I do need FAT 16 if I want to
install and run DOS on an XP powered computer. (Thank you
Microsoft for your thoughtfulness). Now how do I go about
to get FAT 16 put onto that wonderful piece of technology?
Werner
PS: It's obvious why Microsoft doesn't provide free email
or phone service. Once you bought it you got it, the
problems come with it free of charge.
>-----Original Message-----
>You'd need a FAT16 partition and you could install DOS and
>DOS applications. Then you could dual boot. I don't
think
>DOS 6 can read a FAT32 file.
>I could be wrong...but I think there are Knowledge Base
>articles on the at http://support.microsoft.com/
>
>
>"Werner" > wrote in message
...
>| Can I install MS-DOS 6.2 under Windows XP Home Edition
on
>| my new computer and if so how?
>
>
>.
>

[Ray Taylor]

I should probably say that i am NOT TRYING TO INSTALL DOS. You use it from
within windows.
If you click start > run and type in command, the following will appear:

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\RAY>_



Ray Taylor




"Bruce Chambers" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings --
>
> That's a pretty crude attempt at impersonating someone else. If
> you want it to be convincing, at least put a little effort into it.
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> ----
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
> "Amethyst" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> >
> > Another top posting cretin. No matter - that's the problem with
> > reformatting, you lose your killfile. I was informing him that it
> cannot be
> > installed on an NTFS formatted drive, you ****wit. That doesn't make
> it a
> > 'null reply'. I'll post what I like - you seem content to waste
> everyone's
> > bandwidth - why shouldn't I? Or is that privilege reserved
> exclusively for
> > JimmyC?
> >
> >
>
>
>