Where is plain old DOS?

[Xeno Chauvin]

Trying to upgrade some firmware instructions are;
"Execute "update 210D017.bin" under real DOS mode."
Using F8 I could only find a "Safe Mode" with command prompt
but when I got there I could not change the directory to "C:" where
my files are.
Is there a way to set up in "real DOS" under XP?
I was only given the choice as "Administrator" under Command/Safe.
Have I been promoted to "Administrator" in DOS?
Thanks
Xeno

 

[Michael Kimmer]

Trying to upgrade some firmware instructions are;
"Execute "update 210D017.bin" under real DOS mode."
Using F8 I could only find a "Safe Mode" with command prompt
but when I got there I could not change the directory to "C:" where
my files are.
Is there a way to set up in "real DOS" under XP?
I was only given the choice as "Administrator" under Command/Safe.
Have I been promoted to "Administrator" in DOS?
Thanks
Xeno

There is NO DOS with XP, only an emulation, aka the /command prompt/.
Why don't you just download a Windows 98 disk from www.bootdisk.com and run
the firmware upgrade from that same disk...

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M.f.G.
Michael Kimmer

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"Eine Nacht in der Du nicht schläfst ist eine verschlafene Nacht"

 

[Carl]

no...
your welcome..
but here is a sort of simulation DOS...

 

[David Candy]

Format a floppy and you can choose to have it as a boot disk.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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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[Xeno Chauvin]

Format a floppy and you can choose to have it as a boot disk.

That's what I did and it worked now I have a correctly working CD-ROM.
(I was expecting an option as in Win 95/98
on start where you could choose a DOS start instead of Windows.)
Thanks for your help.
Xeno