boot up from DOS

[John Davis]

I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP system from DOS. I
think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct, but Win95 and Win98
is ok to do that. Thanks!

[PaulM]

No DOS in XP. Not real DOS anyway.
--
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Paul
www.paulsxp.com
www.paulsxp.com/forums



"John Davis" > wrote in message
...
> I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP system from DOS. I
> think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct, but Win95 and Win98
> is ok to do that. Thanks!
>
>

[EGMcCann]

Windows NT based systems (like Win2k and WinXP) do not have DOS to boot
from. You can get to a recovery console (not the same thing) off the XP boot
disk.

Alternately, if your system is formatted with FAT instead of NTFS, you can
use a Win9x boot disk to boot the system in emergencies.

Windows 9x still had some DOS roots, so with them it was possible.

"John Davis" > wrote in message
...
> I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP system from DOS. I
> think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct, but Win95 and Win98
> is ok to do that. Thanks!
>
>

[James A. Smith]

There is no "real" DOS to boot into.
Only a CLI to type commands if you need to.

--
James A. Smith
http://www.jastek.net
To e-mail keep this line to bypass spam filters.


"John Davis" > wrote in message
...
> I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP system from DOS. I
> think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct, but Win95 and Win98
> is ok to do that. Thanks!
>
>

[Ed Finley]

How does Powerquest Drive Image boot an XP computer into DOS? It generates
some kind of "virtual floppy" which boots the computer. I can jerry rigged
Drive Image and make my own startup virtual disks but would like to know how
this reboot is happening. They supply a form of DOS which will access NFTS
drives.

Ed

"James A. Smith" > wrote in message
...
> There is no "real" DOS to boot into.
> Only a CLI to type commands if you need to.
>
> --
> James A. Smith
> http://www.jastek.net
> To e-mail keep this line to bypass spam filters.
>
>
> "John Davis" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP system from DOS. I
> > think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct, but Win95 and
Win98
> > is ok to do that. Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

[F1Com]

Ed Finley wrote:
>
> How does Powerquest Drive Image boot an XP computer into DOS? It generates
> some kind of "virtual floppy" which boots the computer. I can jerry rigged
> Drive Image and make my own startup virtual disks but would like to know how
> this reboot is happening. They supply a form of DOS which will access NFTS
> drives.
>
> Ed
>
> "James A. Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> > There is no "real" DOS to boot into.
> > Only a CLI to type commands if you need to.
> >
> > --
> > James A. Smith
> > http://www.jastek.net
> > To e-mail keep this line to bypass spam filters.
> >
> >
> > "John Davis" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP system from DOS. I
> > > think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct, but Win95 and
> Win98
> > > is ok to do that. Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

I believe what you are referring to is when DI is creating a copy of a
partition. It isn't reading data as individual files. It's treating the
partition as a whole, not file by file.

SysInternals has a read only NTFS driver that can allow you to access
NTFS drives booting from a DOS floppy. The read/write version will cost
you.

Terry

[Joe]

Any idea how I can go XP Pro to 98 SE then? If only XP
would work like the other versions...



>-----Original Message-----
>No DOS in XP. Not real DOS anyway.
>--
>----
>Paul
>www.paulsxp.com
>www.paulsxp.com/forums
>
>
>
>"John Davis" > wrote in message
...
>> I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP
system from DOS. I
>> think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct,
but Win95 and Win98
>> is ok to do that. Thanks!
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Spinner]

"Joe" > wrote in message
...
> Any idea how I can go XP Pro to 98 SE then? If only XP
> would work like the other versions...

It does, it works just like the other versions of Windows NT always have.


>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >No DOS in XP. Not real DOS anyway.
> >--
> >----
> >Paul
> >www.paulsxp.com
> >www.paulsxp.com/forums
> >
> >
> >
> >"John Davis" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP
> system from DOS. I
> >> think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct,
> but Win95 and Win98
> >> is ok to do that. Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Ed Finley]

Not really. It boots into a DOS that can read individual image files on one
NFTS partition and restore them to another.
My main question is how it sets up XP to boot to the virtual floppy.
Ed


"F1Com" > wrote in message
...
> Ed Finley wrote:
> >
> > How does Powerquest Drive Image boot an XP computer into DOS? It
generates
> > some kind of "virtual floppy" which boots the computer. I can jerry
rigged
> > Drive Image and make my own startup virtual disks but would like to know
how
> > this reboot is happening. They supply a form of DOS which will access
NFTS
> > drives.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > "James A. Smith" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > There is no "real" DOS to boot into.
> > > Only a CLI to type commands if you need to.
> > >
> > > --
> > > James A. Smith
> > > http://www.jastek.net
> > > To e-mail keep this line to bypass spam filters.
> > >
> > >
> > > "John Davis" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I want to confirm if we cannot boot up the Windows XP system from
DOS. I
> > > > think Windows 2000 also can't do that if I am correct, but Win95 and
> > Win98
> > > > is ok to do that. Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
> I believe what you are referring to is when DI is creating a copy of a
> partition. It isn't reading data as individual files. It's treating the
> partition as a whole, not file by file.
>
> SysInternals has a read only NTFS driver that can allow you to access
> NTFS drives booting from a DOS floppy. The read/write version will cost
> you.
>
> Terry