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Philip Newman
how do i get into pure dos mode for windows XP?
Phil
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Jim Macklin
There is no pure DOS mode in NT or XP because they are not
DOS based OS. They do have a command line editor window
that looks like DOS and even runs commands that look and
generally act like DOS.
To open that click the START button, click run and type cmd
To see a list of commands XP supports type in the command
line, help /?
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DOS based OS. They do have a command line editor window
that looks like DOS and even runs commands that look and
generally act like DOS.
To open that click the START button, click run and type cmd
To see a list of commands XP supports type in the command
line, help /?
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Tom Porterfield
how do i get into pure dos mode for windows XP?
You can't, there is no pure DOS mode in XP as there is no DOS in XP.
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Philip Newman
is there no way to boot into dos mode? like through a boot disk. i want to
access my harddrive though, because i need to flash my dvd drive.
phil
access my harddrive though, because i need to flash my dvd drive.
phil
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Jim Macklin
You can use a W98 disk to boot into DOS. There should be
flash updates for a DVD even your BIOS that will run in
Windows, make sure you have the correct drivers.
What DVD drive do you have and are you flashing the drive or
updating Windows drivers?
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| > DOS based OS. They do have a command line editor window
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| > generally act like DOS.
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| > To open that click the START button, click run and type
cmd
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command
| > line, help /?
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flash updates for a DVD even your BIOS that will run in
Windows, make sure you have the correct drivers.
What DVD drive do you have and are you flashing the drive or
updating Windows drivers?
| is there no way to boot into dos mode? like through a boot
disk. i want to
| access my harddrive though, because i need to flash my dvd
drive.
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| phil
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| | > There is no pure DOS mode in NT or XP because they are
not
| > DOS based OS. They do have a command line editor window
| > that looks like DOS and even runs commands that look and
| > generally act like DOS.
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| > To open that click the START button, click run and type
cmd
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| > To see a list of commands XP supports type in the
command
| > line, help /?
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Bill Crocker
Put a floppy disk in your A: drive, right click on it, click on Format,
check the box that says; Create a bootable disk.
Bill Crocker
check the box that says; Create a bootable disk.
Bill Crocker
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Larc
| is there no way to boot into dos mode? like through a boot disk. i want to
| access my harddrive though, because i need to flash my dvd drive.
You can use a Win9x boot disk. A Win98 or WinME startup disk works great.
Since both of my hard drives have only NTFS partitions, I often use the virtual
drive that a WinME startup disk creates. Once it's in effect, the flash file(s)
can be copied to the virtual drive and run from there. It beats relying on a
floppy for the actual flash procedure.
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| access my harddrive though, because i need to flash my dvd drive.
You can use a Win9x boot disk. A Win98 or WinME startup disk works great.
Since both of my hard drives have only NTFS partitions, I often use the virtual
drive that a WinME startup disk creates. Once it's in effect, the flash file(s)
can be copied to the virtual drive and run from there. It beats relying on a
floppy for the actual flash procedure.
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Philip Newman
used a win98 disk, then put the flash utility on the same disk. didnt think
of that before!!
cheers for the help
just hope i can remember how i did it next time!! hopefully there will be no
next time, but there we are
cheers
phil
of that before!!
cheers for the help
just hope i can remember how i did it next time!! hopefully there will be no
next time, but there we are
cheers
phil
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
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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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
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
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Alex Nichol
Philip said:is there no way to boot into dos mode? like through a boot disk. i want to
access my harddrive though, because i need to flash my dvd drive.
For that either use a Win98 startup floppy if you have one around, or
make a very basic MSDOS startup floppy in XP - in My Computer, r-click
the floppy drive; take Format, check the MSDOS Startup disk box.
That has just command.com on it (no 'external commands like Format) ,
but add your flash program and its data and boot to that
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Philip Newman
thanks
phil
phil
Alex Nichol said:For that either use a Win98 startup floppy if you have one around, or
make a very basic MSDOS startup floppy in XP - in My Computer, r-click
the floppy drive; take Format, check the MSDOS Startup disk box.
That has just command.com on it (no 'external commands like Format) ,
but add your flash program and its data and boot to that
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