Would like to know how to boot up in DOS mode.

[Guest]

I have a laptop running Windows 2000 Professional.

Can someone please explain how I can boot up in DOS mode?... Do I need to create some sort of boot disk

I would appreciate some detailed instructions as I am not that familiar with Windows

Regard

Steve

 

[George Hester]

What you can do is stop the shell (explorer.exe) from initiating at boot..

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;228309&Product=win2000

 

[Dave Patrick]

Boot with a win98 startup disk.

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| I have a laptop running Windows 2000 Professional.
|
| Can someone please explain how I can boot up in DOS mode?... Do I need to
create some sort of boot disk?
|
| I would appreciate some detailed instructions as I am not that familiar
with Windows.
|
| Regards
|
| Steve

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a laptop running Windows 2000 Professional.

Can someone please explain how I can boot up in DOS mode?... Do I need to create some sort of boot disk?

I would appreciate some detailed instructions as I am not that familiar with Windows.

Regards

Steve

DOS is an operating system (Disk Operating System). It does not exist under
Win2000. What you probably mean is the Command Prompt. However, this is a
process like any other that requires Win2000 to run first.

If you want to have a look at your hard disk outside Win2000 then you can do
this:
- Boot with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Run ntfsdos.exe so that you can see your ntfspartition. The read-only
version is freely available at www.sysinternals.com.

If you explain in detail what you're trying to achieve then someone may have
further hints for you.