Re: Restart in MS-Dos mode!!!

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NobodyMan wrote:

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 18:35:59 -0400, "Richard Urban"
<richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


1. You can not use the MS DOS prompt in Windows to format the Windows partition.


True - but it's because there is NO ms-dos promt in XP.

That is true, but people are used to calling it MS-DOS mode but what Richard said is otherwise true, you cannot use the command prompt to format the current system partition.



2. You can not restart computer in MS DOS mode to format, as there is no "pure DOS" included with Windows XP. It just can't be done!


There is no ms-dos of ANY kind, pure or otherwise, in XP.

Actually, there is. XP can create an MS-DOS bootable floppy and it is actually the same version of MS-DOS as in WinME, so XP must at least include MS-DOS versions of FORMAT, SYS.COM, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM, however the resulting diskette lacks FDISK and FORMAT as well as all other external DOS command files, so you can't partition and format a hard disk using it.



Soooo, insert your Windows XP CD in the tray. Boot the computer from the CD. Choose to install a new Windows XP installation (not repair). You will be given the opportunity to format one, or more, partitions during the installation process. 


Good advice.


Yup.

Steve

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