HOW DO YOU START WINDOWS XP IN MSDOS MODE!?!?!?!?!?

[Dan Zarate]

I cant figure out how to start Windows XP in MSDOS mode
to install Windows 98. When i put in the windows 98 cd
its says please restart your computer in MSDOS mode to
install it. Some please help me!!!!! Email me at
(e-mail address removed)!!! Thanks!!!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Dan;
There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't.

If you want to go back to Windows 98:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303661
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314052

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I cant figure out how to start Windows XP in MSDOS mode
to install Windows 98. When i put in the windows 98 cd
its says please restart your computer in MSDOS mode to
install it. Some please help me!!!!! Email me at
(e-mail address removed)!!! Thanks!!!

Dan,

This question has been asked and answered a number of times in this and
other newsgroups.
Please search for answers before posting.

The simple answer is there is no DOS mode to reboot to in Windows XP.
If you wish to boot your PC to MS-DOS you must boot from a MS-DOS boot
floppy.
Also if you are trying to build a dual boot PC you should install the
operating systems from oldest to newest.
This would have been Windows 98 first.

If you must install Windows 98 after Windows XP then others have provided
advice on the matter
see
How do I install Windows 98/Me after I've installed XP?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm

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Regards,

Mike
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[Jack]

oh, email at....
would you like cream and sugar also...
Hey, try doing some searches here in the newsgroups...it will definitely
help YOU.....

 

[Guest]

There is no startup mode for MSDOS, however, you can run a DOS/Text session by click the start - button then select Run and enter CMD and click OK. It's a pretty good DOS.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

But that is not DOS and DOS is what the OP wanted and needs.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/

There is no startup mode for MSDOS, however, you can run a DOS/Text

session by click the start - button then select Run and enter CMD and
click OK. It's a pretty good DOS.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Not to put too fine a point on it, you don't.

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
graphical operating systems, of which WinXP is the latest generation,
has never used or included MS-DOS. The closest they have is the
Command Prompt window.

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


Bruce Chambers

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