Re: Running MS Dos from XP Pro

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From: Donald McDaniel (orthocrossNOSPAM_at_ATiinetDOT.com)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 10:52:26 -0700

peering@mistral.net wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:06:03 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>> In news:1cv670ps436kdodp19nejo2fd46lt8msmn@4ax.com,
>> NobodyMan <none@none.net> typed:
>>
>>>> But be aware that if you do that and your drive is FAT32, it
>>>> won't be seen from a DOS boot, unless you run special software
>>>> like NTFSDOS.
>>>
>>> Actually, if they drive is FAT32, they CAN see it from DOS. I think
>>> you meant that if the drive is formatted in NTFS, it won't be seen
>>> from a DOS boot!
>>
>>
>> Ugh! You are right, of course. Sorry, especially to the original
>> poster, for the slip of the brain.
>
> Console programs can see NTFS.
>
> You cannot boot into DOS mode on NT or XP.
>
> Is my comprehension correct?

Since XP or NT have no DOS mode to boot into, your comprehension is correct.
There is the Recovery Console you can start when you boot XP using the XP
install CD (or the HD, if the Recovery Console is installed to the HD), but
again, even it does not start until XP is booted up. It is just a special
XP Console, operating under XP, and not MS-DOS, such as you will find on any
version of Windows before NT or XP. Even ME did not contain a Real-Mode
DOS. Real-Mode DOS died with Windows 98SE. If you want Real-Mode DOS, boot
to the command line using a Windows 9x startup floppy, or dual-boot with
MS-DOS such as MS-DOS 6.22 or Windows 9x (Win95/98/98 Second Edition) 

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