DOS in XP?

[vssvnvg]

I installed a full version of winxp. How do i find which
version of dos is installed if any?

 

[purplehaz]

XP (and any os based on windows nt) does not have dos anymore. There is a
command prompt that gives you a dos like shell.
Start, run, type in: cmd, hit enter.

 

[Charlie Klatzkin]

And then type ver and return

XP (and any os based on windows nt) does not have dos anymore. There is a
command prompt that gives you a dos like shell.
Start, run, type in: cmd, hit enter.

 

[Ken Blake]

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I installed a full version of winxp. How do i find which
version of dos is installed if any?

No version of DOS is installed. You can open a command prompt
window which provides DOS emulation.

 

[Fred]

If I understand you correctly, you need to know that XP
is an updated NT program (NT 5, as a matter of fact), and
therefore has no DOS. That is what is supposed to make it
a better OS, but I think the jury is still out on that.

For instance, by now the DOS based Windows programs are
like an inverted pyramid. The tip of the pyramid being
the original DOS operating system. The body of the
pyramid a huge construction built upon the tiny DOS
foundation. It is 'top heavy'. NT was designed to replace
it, I believe. But it never got so good as to be a valid
substitue for the notoriously unstable windows programs.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT & Win2K, is a pure 32-bit GUI
OS, and does not include or "ride upon" any version of MS-DOS, as did
Win3.x & Win9x/Me. WinXP does include a command-line emulator for
those times when GUI applets are unnecessary/redundant.


Bruce Chambers

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[NobodyMan]

And then type ver and return

What point are you trying to make? That DOS does or doesn't exist in
XP? By doing what you sugges, I get the following output:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

I guess then that you are intending to prove that DOS isn't in XP?

 

[Charlie Klatzkin]

NO DOS IN NT-BASED SYSTEMS. This was just a method to obtain a version in
Windows. The command window allows for dos-like commands. Actually, you
could boot to a dos-like C prompt instead of a GUI front end.

Now I must be careful here so I don't get flamed. Windows (all versions)
contain a disk operating system. Either it be a command window (C prompt)
or GUI based. "DOS" (as in MS-DOS or IBM-DOS) does not exist in a NT-based
OS. Win9x was a program that ran on top of DOS. Win9x had its own dos. I
know its splitting hairs. To the non-technical, DOS is gone with the advent
of NT-based systems. To the technical, dos is required to store data
to/from various media.

And then type ver and return

What point are you trying to make? That DOS does or doesn't exist in
XP? By doing what you sugges, I get the following output:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

I guess then that you are intending to prove that DOS isn't in XP?

 

[NobodyMan]

NO DOS IN NT-BASED SYSTEMS. This was just a method to obtain a version in
Windows. The command window allows for dos-like commands. Actually, you
could boot to a dos-like C prompt instead of a GUI front end.

Now I must be careful here so I don't get flamed. Windows (all versions)
contain a disk operating system. Either it be a command window (C prompt)
or GUI based. "DOS" (as in MS-DOS or IBM-DOS) does not exist in a NT-based
OS. Win9x was a program that ran on top of DOS. Win9x had its own dos. I
know its splitting hairs. To the non-technical, DOS is gone with the advent
of NT-based systems. To the technical, dos is required to store data
to/from various media.

I know exactly what you are getting at. Yes, XP does use a Disk
Operating System of it's own that is not based on MS-DOS.

Let's not quibble though. When 99.999% of the people here ask about
DOS, they are referring specifically to MS-DOS as it existed in MS OS
prior to NT architecture.