Re: Boot to DOS...

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"Steven Sinclair" <StevenSinclair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Is there any way to boot to dos ONLY without booting from a floppy when
> starting up a workstation installed with WinXP?
>
> Thanx

There is no DOS but there is Safe Mode, Command Prompt Only.

Yes, it's possible to start a system with a floppy boot disk. However, on
most systems, it's entirely pointless - because DOS cannot deal with NTFS
formatted disks. Most XP systems with hard disks over 40 gig are formatted
NTFS. IIRC, the XP format utility can't format larger disks FATxx, only
NTFS. To format larger disks as FATxx, you need a win9x or 3rd party
format utility.

If you boot from a DOS or Win9x boot diskette, an NTFS hard disk will not be
accessible.

If you absolutely need to run DOS on an XP system, you often need to wipe
the system, create multiple paritions with the base partition FAT32, install
DOS (or win9x) and then install XP. There are various boot managers that
can help with this.

HTH
-pk


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