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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Saturday, September 20, 2003 at 8:16 pm
Posted by Rockhound
(187 messages posted)
Sorry, there is no DOS in w2k, but there is a COMMAND window, which works somewhat
like dos. You can boot up in SAFE MODE with COMMAND window, but not just the command
window. Windows will start itself, but with minimal drivers and services.
Hope this helps.
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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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 2:36 am
Posted by MaddMaxx
(1988 messages posted)
Boot on a Win98 Startup disk.
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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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 4:58 am
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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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 8:17 am
Posted by MaddMaxx
(1988 messages posted)
The question wasn't about a "need" for dos. It was how to get there. As to the rest,
your Win2k partition can be read by dos and all commands will be effective if your
partition is FAT32. And yes, Win2k will run quite well.
On Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 4:58 am, Karl Jackson wrote:
>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...
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Sunday, January 4, 2004 at 1:56 pm
Posted by Paul Haigh
(1 messages posted)
I need the same thing.
I need a dos prompt because I can`t flash my bios with EMM386 loaded. Off to try
a boot disk now. Luckily I didnt use NTFS.
On Sunday, September 21, 2003 at 8:17 am, MaddMaxx wrote:
>The question wasn't about a "need" for dos. It was how to get there. As to the rest,
>your Win2k partition can be read by dos and all commands will be effective if your
>partition is FAT32. And yes, Win2k will run quite well.
>
>
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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Friday, February 27, 2004 at 1:20 pm
Posted by Newbe
(1 messages posted)
I'd like to startup into DOS so i can format the drive and every living thing on
it, including W2K. How can i do that?
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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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Friday, September 17, 2004 at 2:10 am
Posted by scout
(1 messages posted)
If your intent is to just wipe your drive clean, then I recommend going to www.killdisk.com
and down load the kill disk utility. Install it on a floppy, insert into your A:
drive, start your system and follow the instructions. The utility is free and it
will leave your drive as clean as a whistle. Have used it on w2k, xp, linux, and
win 9x systems without a hitch. A word of caution though, be sure you have backed
up any info you want off the drive. Kill Disk doesn't play, it will erase everything
and you will not be able to recover it.
On Friday, February 27, 2004 at 1:20 pm, Newbe wrote:
>I'd like to startup into DOS so i can format the drive and every living thing on
>it, including W2K. How can i do that?
>
>
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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Friday, September 17, 2004 at 5:25 am
Posted by Crash Override
(2164 messages posted)
Unless you have a dual boot machine with DOS and 2000, then you don't.
Regards,
Crash Override
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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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 6:15 am
Posted by Ron Foreman
(3 messages posted)
Hello!
I wanted to boot directly into DOS from W2K to launch Ghost to copy the contents
of my drives before upgrading from W2K to WXP so that I can use Adobe Premiere Pro
7 which does not work on W2K. I assume from reading this thread that I cannot do
this. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Thanks in advance!
Sincerely
Ron Foreman
On Friday, September 17, 2004 at 5:25 am, Crash Override wrote:
>Unless you have a dual boot machine with DOS and 2000, then you don't.
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re: Question about using Symantec Ghost
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 6:38 am
Posted by Kiwi
(2212 messages posted)
Didn't you see this or the reply it was attached to?
>"Posted by Paul Haigh (1 messages posted)
>I need the same thing. I need a dos prompt because I can`t flash my bios with
>EMM386 loaded. Off to try a boot disk now. Luckily I didnt use NTFS."
If you did use NTFS, I doubt that it will screw up Ghost one way or the other (I
haven't got that one, myself).
.
Kiwi
**
On Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 6:15 am, Ron Foreman wrote:
>Hello!
>I wanted to boot directly into DOS from W2K to launch Ghost to copy the contents
>of my drives
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re: Question about using Symantec Ghost
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 6:55 am
Posted by Ron Foreman
(3 messages posted)
Hello Kiwi,
Thanks for your prompt reply. I'm afraid I don't understand the contents of the message
that you forwarded to me. Does it mean that because my drives are NTFS I cannot use
Ghost?
Thanks
Ron
On Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 6:38 am, Kiwi wrote:
>Didn't you see this or the reply it was attached to?
>
>>"Posted by Paul Haigh (1 messages posted)
>
>>I need the same thing. I need a dos prompt because I can`t flash my bios with
>>EMM386 loaded. Off to try a boot disk now. Luckily I didnt use NTFS."
>
>If you did use NTFS, I doubt that it will screw up Ghost one way or the other (I
>haven't got that one, myself).
>
>
>
>
>
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>Kiwi
>
>**
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