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Netty

Just thought - how on earth do I get to DOS whilst using XP Pro?

Have I lost DOS for good?
 
Windows XP is not based on the old MS-DOS platform, thus
one cannot boot into MS-DOS because it does not exist.

Use the MS-DOS emulator:

Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.

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| Just thought - how on earth do I get to DOS whilst using XP Pro?
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| Have I lost DOS for good?
 
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Netty said:
Just thought - how on earth do I get to DOS whilst using XP Pro?

Have I lost DOS for good?
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Literally you have lost it. There is no DOS in Windows XP (that's
largely what accounts for its much-improved stability), and no
way to get there, other than booting to a DOS diskette (and if
your drive is NTFS, booting from DOS won't see it, without
running special software).

But there is a command prompt (go to Start | Run and type CMD)
which emulates DOS and will let you do almost everything you
might want to do there.
 
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