DOS/SafeMode

[ML]

Hi
I need to get into Dos mode in order to delete a file which is blocking
SafeMode to run.
Safemode starts loading but stops at a particular file and then can't get
further.
Thanks

 

[ML]

Forgot to say, how can I get into Dos mode?

 

[philo]

Forgot to say, how can I get into Dos mode?

XP does *not* have dos mode


perhaps you meant to ask about the recovery console:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Forgot to say, how can I get into Dos mode?

There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS unless
you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT family of 32-bit (and now
64-bit) graphical desktop operating systems, of which WinXP is the
latest generation, has never used, included, or "ridden upon" MS-DOS.
The Recovery Console's CLI (Command Line Interface) is the closest you
can come to the old "DOS mode."


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