get me out of DOS hell!

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Sarah Jordan

Hello Anyone?!?!?
Wiped Win98 from my laptop using fdisk method. Installed WindowsXP.
Everything works EXCEPT that I am in MS-DOS mode. I have re-installed, I
have typed "exit" on the command prompt, and still DOS prevails. please help
me.
 
Sarah Jordan said:
Hello Anyone?!?!?
Wiped Win98 from my laptop using fdisk method. Installed WindowsXP.
Everything works EXCEPT that I am in MS-DOS mode. I have re-installed, I
have typed "exit" on the command prompt, and still DOS prevails. please help
me.
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There is no DOS under WinXP, only a Command Prompt.
The Command Prompt is a process within WinXP - it does
not exist on its own.

Did you really load WinXP? What do you get when you type
the following commands:
ver
set
 
Sarah Jordan said:
Hello Anyone?!?!?
Wiped Win98 from my laptop using fdisk method. Installed WindowsXP.
Everything works EXCEPT that I am in MS-DOS mode. I have re-installed, I
have typed "exit" on the command prompt, and still DOS prevails. please help
me.
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Windows XP does not contain any real DOS - just an emulator.

At the DOS prompt enter VER and report the results back here.

It should report "Microsoft Windows XP [version 5.1.2600]. If not
then something is seriously amiss and your Windows XP is not
installed.

And if you do get the proper version reported then pressing Alt+Tab
should bring you to the Windows XP desktop, and pressing Ctrl+Esc
should bring up the Windows XP Start Menu, even if the DOS windows are
running full screen.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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If you used FDISK (W98) option do you take out the floppy containing the
fdisk option when you reboot.
 
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