In order to boot into DOS is it necessary to create a boot disk or is there
any other way like in Win98?

yeh,
recovery console
via your windows cd


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"Ultraglide" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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?
>

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" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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?
>

To boot to a command prompt (DOS screen) hit F8 before windows loads, pick
safe mode command prompt.
You can also open a DOS window by using Start>Run>cmd

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"Ultraglide" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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?
>

Tried both. Does "Deltree" not work?
"NotMe" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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?
>>
>
>

The Recovery Console does *not* boot to DOS and you can't do anything
DOS in the RC. Have you ever tried running a DOS program in there?

John

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> yeh,
> recovery console
> via your windows cd
>
>

Those are *not* DOS.

John

NotMe wrote:

> To boot to a command prompt (DOS screen) hit F8 before windows loads, pick
> safe mode command prompt.
> You can also open a DOS window by using Start>Run>cmd
>

You cannot do it like in Windows 98. You need to create a DOS boot disk
or have DOS installed on the hard drive and have an entry to it in the
boot.ini file.

John

Ultraglide wrote:

> In order to boot into DOS is it necessary to create a boot disk or is there
> any other way like in Win98?
>
>

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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tried both. Does "Deltree" not work?
> "NotMe" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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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>
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"Ultraglide" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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?

DOS boot disks will technically "work", but there are some things you don't
appear to be aware of.

First, and most importantly, DOS boot disks generally won't recognise XP
hard disks over 30 meg.

That's because disks of that size are normally NTFS, and DOS can't read them
without 3rd party drivers you'd remember paying for.

Second, NTFS is not FAT or FAT32. NTFS has permissions that FAT knows
nothing of.

Third, the XP or Recovery Console command prompt is *not* DOS. It's XP,
but without the pictures.

If you are planning to boot with a DOS diskette and run DOS commands on an
NTFS disk, the short answer is no. The disk won't even be recognised.
Stop, and learn.

If you boot with just about any bootable XP CD, and go to the Recovery
Console, there are a lot of very effective commands available, though by
default, the folders the Recovery Console can access are limited.

What exactly is it you wished to do?

HTH
-pk