Re: Booting into DOS

I noticed that you used the term DELTREE on this post. Are you attempting
to delete a folder and it's contents like you could on Win 98 systems?

The program will work (on a FAT32 formatted drive) but it isn't included on
a Win XP disk As it is an "external" program to DOS you would have to
create a 98 or ME system boot disk and copy it (DELTREE.EXE) from the
install CD to the floppy.

You can do the exact same thing from the Win XP command line by typing RD
C:\DUMP /S /Q (modified from http://malektips.com/2000wd0008.html)

This deletes the C:\DUMP directory and all subdirectories WITHOUT WARNING!

Use this command with caution! One slip-up and you could accidentally delete
important files from your hard drive just like you could do with the DELTREE
command.


"Ultraglide" <sscully2.trash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tried both. Does "Deltree" not work?
"NotMe" <cargodZeroOne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Put a floppy into the drive, go to My Computer, right click the A drive,
pick format from the menu, check the bottom box on the format screen...it
says "Create an MS-DOS startup disk"

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"Ultraglide" <sscully2.trash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In order to boot into DOS is it necessary to create a boot disk or is
there any other way like in Win98?







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