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Pelerin Galimatias
My computer with Win2000,used to offer the choice between
Win2000 and DOS at boot, now it doesn't. What can I do to
get this option back?
Win2000 and DOS at boot, now it doesn't. What can I do to
get this option back?
I have GW Basic and other DOS programs that I would like to run.Do you mean cmd prompt or DOS? If the former then F8 at startup. If the
latter then you must install DOS to the system partition prior to installing
Windows 2000.
My machine which offers a choice between win2000 and dos uponDo you mean cmd prompt or DOS? If the former then F8 at startup. If the
latter then you must install DOS to the system partition prior to installing
Windows 2000.
I installed Win 2000 on a machine which had Win 98 on drive C without removingDepends on what you mean by "installed over win98". Do you find bootsect.dos
in the root of the system partition?
Some background info;
When you dualboot Win9x and Windows 2000; Windows 2000 creates a file named
bootsect.dos; if you select an operating system other than Windows 2000,
NTLDR loads bootsect.dos and passes control to it. The operating system then
starts up as normal, because bootsect.dos contains the boot sector that was
on the primary partition before you installed Windows 2000
Pelerin Galimatias said:I installed Win 2000 on a machine which had Win 98 on drive C without removing
the previous installation. It does not have a file called bootsect.dos, but
does offer a choice between Win2000 and DOS.
Then it sounds like you did an upgrade which doesn't allow for starting the
previous operating system.
Earlier you stated "My computer with Win2000 used to offer the choice
between Win2000 and DOS at boot, now it doesn't"
Now you're telling us it "does offer a choice between Win2000 and DOS"
This is rather confusing.
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| I installed Win 2000 on a machine which had Win 98 on drive C without
removing
| the previous installation. It does not have a file called bootsect.dos,
but
| does offer a choice between Win2000 and DOS.
|
Pelerin Galimatias said:Bootsect.dos normally has the hidden and system properties. Depending on
how you look for it, you might not find it because of that.
I used the SEARCH option after START.
Pelerin Galimatias said:I have GW Basic and other DOS programs that I would like to run.
Are you sure that Win 2000 doesn't come with a version of DOS?
It does have a built in query, on boot, asking for a choice between
Win and Dos.
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