re: Comment about 'How do I boot into Windows XP or Windows 2000 with a floppy?'
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 4:54 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Alan Masterman
(270 messages posted)
I still use DOS for heaps of things - for example, the DOS command line is a far
more flexible, economical, and powerful file manager than Windows Explorer.
What's this I read about MS including an enhanced command line capability in future
versions of Windows? Plus ca change...
On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 8:20 am, Jeff Kane wrote:
>I have a comment about How
>do I boot into Windows XP or Windows 2000 with a floppy?:
>Author said "DOS is dead, Windows did right, get over it" or words to that effect.
>
>The only problem with this is that DOS is still useful for many things that Windows
>isn't. Ever try deleting a file in memory that won't quit via Task Manager End
Process?
>
>How about flashing the BIOS on a peripheral? Not EVERYONE has windows-based BIOS
>flash utilities, especially not for motherboards.
>
>Right now I have Windows2000, and it seems I'm unable to flash any bios, because
>there is no way to get to a straight command prompt to do it.
>
>So, until Windows becomes a fully-featured GUI, we still need DOS. P.S. - ever
test
>your RAM with Microsoft's utility? guess what, it doesn't run in *Windows* ....
>
>Windows isn't complete enough to justify abandoning DOS yet. Get over it.
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