re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 4:58 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Anonymouse
(412 messages posted)
Using a 98 boot disk will work as far as booting into DOS goes...but
anything in 2000 will be utterly inaccessible if the drive/partition is formatted
in NTFS. DOS can't read it - it won't even display a directory. I have a dual-boot
system (98 and 2000), and Windows Explorer can't see 2000's partition at all. In
98 my drives are:
C: - Win 98
D: - Second hard drive (backups)
E: - CD-ROM
F: - DVD-ROM/CD-RW
But in 2000, it goes:
C: - Win 98
D: - Second hard drive (backups)
E: - Win 2000, NTFS format
F: - CD-ROM
G: - DVD-ROM/CD-RW
See what I mean?
If you're running 2000 you don't really need DOS at all - the Command Prompt (which
isn't DOS, just an emulation of it) should be enough. In fact, when you're installing
2000 you don't need to install DOS or any other OS first - provided your BIOS allows
booting from a CD-ROM, all you need is the 2000 installation disk. You can create
an Emergency Repair Disk, but it isn't a boot disk in the 98 sense.
It would help if you described exactly what you're trying to do and why you might
need DOS to do it...
On Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 5:03 pm, Chris jansen wrote:
>I have a question about Boot
>Directly into DOS:
>
>Hi:
>
>I'd like to know how to boot directly in to DOS before Windows 2000 loads. Thanks!
>
>-Chris
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