ms dos

[franz braun]

i have recently upgraded to win xp professional from win
98 and now no longer have dos. i am unable to figure out
how to use my 3.5 floopy programs and data disks or how
to format them can some one help me

 

[jerry]

to format diskette:
insert diskette
select a: drive
right click
format
ok....wait for done....
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if you experience problem with diskette
destory floppy and recycle plastic shell
diskettes are cheap these days.
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for dos programs:
start
all programs
accessories
command prompt
black background window
C:\documents and settings\owner>
----bang--------
i have a dos program (c.1992) that i edit from winxp
folder without any problems.
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[john]

but you can't format the hard drive from within windows.
do you know how to exit xp to open dos outside of windows?

 

[Steve C. Ray]

Answered above.

 

[Black Baptist]

john rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:

but you can't format the hard drive from within windows.
do you know how to exit xp to open dos outside of windows?

Put your xp cd in the cdrom drive and reboot if your system isn't setup to
boot from the rom the you may have to go into the bios setup and set the
first boot device to the cdrom *see your docs on how to get to the bios
settings for your machine*.