Re: msdos
From: Barry Watzman (WatzmanNOSPAM_at_neo.rr.com)
Date: 08/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:01:21 -0400 To: 1kewlcat <1kewlcat@discussions.microsoft.com>
There is a command prompt utility that produces a dos prompt under
windows. It's in Start / Programs / Accessories / Command Prompt.
If you need a TRUE MS-DOS mode, there is a way to get it providing that
your C: drive is FAT32, and you do this on a blank hard drive before you
install Windows. Create an MS-DOS diskette under a system running
Windows 98SE, and first install that, so that the hard drive boots to a
C:> prompt. Then install Windows XP normally on drive C:. It will
setup DOS and Windows XP as a dual boot environment, and you will get a
menu when you start the computer. In this case, both OS' can exist in
the same partition (C:). Remember that MS-DOS will only "see" FAT
partitions, and that it cannot access anything beyond 137 gigabytes
(and, attempting to do so may cause data loss).
1kewlcat wrote:
> running windozexp, how do you get a dos prompt?
>
> Thanks,
> SLear
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