Can I get DOS in Windows XP Pro

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Can I somehow get Dos into Win XP PRo can I do an install
from some CD or something as I suppose XP PRO doesnt have
DOS

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Can I somehow get Dos into Win XP PRo can I do an install
from some CD or something as I suppose XP PRO doesnt have
DOS

There is no direct access to DOS in Windows XP because it is not built on
DOS.
You can open a Command Prompt - see this in the Help and Support
You could also reboot your system with a DOS boot disk.

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[Len Segal]

If you do boot your system with a DOS boot disk, you will NOT be able to
see/read/write any HDD that was formatted with NTFS!

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[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

If you do boot your system with a DOS boot disk, you will NOT be able to
see/read/write any HDD that was formatted with NTFS!

There are third party drivers that can work around this.
But I think we may be over complicating things for the original poster.

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