MS-DOS Session On A WinXP Home Computer

[Guest]

Does anyone know how to start a WinXP Home ed computer into a MS-DOS session
without starting Windows? I know you can do it in Win98, but what about Winxp
home?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Does anyone know how to start a WinXP Home ed computer into a MS-DOS session
without starting Windows? I know you can do it in Win98, but what about Winxp
home?

You can do this in Win98 because Win98 is built on DOS.
WinXP is not built on DOS, hence you cannot do this. You
have two options:
- Launch Windows, then start a Command Prompt
(Start / Run / cmd {OK})
- Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Does anyone know how to start a WinXP Home ed computer into a MS-DOS
session without starting Windows? I know you can do it in Win98, but
what about Winxp home?

Unlike Windows 98, there's no way to do this in Windows XP, which is not
built on top of DOS the way Windows 98 is. Your only choice is boot to a DOS
diskette.

Why do you want to do this? There is hardly ever a need to do so. If, for
example, you're trying to format the hard drive, that's not the correct way
to do it.

 

[Manny Borges]

Or install Virtual PC or VMWare and set up a DOS VM.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Does anyone know how to start a WinXP Home ed computer into a MS-DOS session
without starting Windows? I know you can do it in Win98, but what about Winxp
home?

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, 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." What, precisely, are you trying to accomplish?


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[Wesley Vogel]

This does not start MS-DOS, but will allow you to start your computer at a
command prompt.

From XP HELP:

[[To start your computer at a command prompt
1. Print these instructions before continuing. They will not be available
after you shut your computer down in step 2.
2. Click Start, click Shut Down, and then, in the drop-down list, click
Shut down.
3. In the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click Restart, and then click OK.
4. When you see the message Please select the operating system to start,
press F8.
5. Use the arrow keys to highlight Safe Mode with Command Prompt, and then
press ENTER.
6. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot system, choose the installation
that you need to access using the arrow keys, and then press ENTER.

Notes
NUM LOCK must be off before the arrow keys on the numeric keypad will
function.]]

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[Guest]

What do you men by "Not to put too fine a point on it, you don't.". Anyway, I
was just trying to find out how I could, because I was interested.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thak you all for your help and suggestions.

 

[Wolf Kirchmeir]

Does anyone know how to start a WinXP Home ed computer into a MS-DOS session
without starting Windows? I know you can do it in Win98, but what about Winxp
home?

What do you want the DOS session for? The answer to that will determine
your best course of action.

NB that the XP command prompt does not run a DOS session: it actually
runs the NT command interpreter. There are many DOS program you will
_not_ be able to run from the command prompt.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

What do you men by "Not to put too fine a point on it, you don't.". Anyway, I
was just trying to find out how I could, because I was interested.

"Not to put too fine a point on it,..." = "Bluntly put, ..."


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