DOS

[CHARLES TORBETT]

HOW CAN I GO TO THE C: PROMPT IN WINDOWS XP?

 

[Juggy]

Click on start then run
then type either cmd or command, this would take you to
DOS prompt.

cheers

 

[Chris Lanier]

Windows XP doesnt include any version of DOS. You can get a command propmt
emulation by going to Start>.Run>>Type "cmd"

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

NT systems have no underlying DOS. WinXP is an NT system. You can open a
commnad prompt by going start/run cmd. You can reboot the system with a
Win9x startup floppy, but if hard drive is using the NTFS file system, you
will not be able to access it. To work on the system from a command prompt,
most recovery functions can be accessed by booting the WinXP CD and loading
the Recovery Console.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[NobodyMan]

HOW CAN I GO TO THE C: PROMPT IN WINDOWS XP?

First you can stop yelling.

Second, you can open the command line interpreter windows using
start/run/cmd (or finding the Command Prompt icon in the accessories
menu).

Third, remember this is NOT a MS-DOS box. It looks like DOS, but it
isn't; it's a command line interpreter for WinXP.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Click on start then run

then type either cmd or command, this would take you to
DOS prompt.

The two commands are not, however, equivalent. Each is a separate DOS-like
shell. The former, CMD.EXE, understands long file names and is fully 32
bit, while the latter, COMMAND.COM, is closer to true DOS, is largely 16 bit
and doesn't understand long file names. The latter also runs AUTOEXEC.NT
and CONFIG.NT located in the \Windows\System32 folder.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[NobodyMan]

Click on start then run
No it won't. There is no DOS prompt in XP since there is no DOS in
XP.

 

[VManes]

Click on start then run

No it won't. There is no DOS prompt in XP since there is no DOS in
XP.

~

There was no DOS prompt in DOS either - it was a command line interpreter,
just as it is in XP. You could use other command intepreters if you chose -
such as NDOS from Norton, which gave you many of the features that became
part of the MS command.com or cmd.exe later on.

Quit picking infintesimal nits - the OP wanted to get to big blank window
with a C:> in it.


Val