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comment about 'How do I boot into Windows XP or Windows 2000 with a floppy?'
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 12:21 am
Posted by Nerim nadal
(1 messages posted)
I have a comment about How
do I boot into Windows XP or Windows 2000 with a floppy?:
""Why would Microsoft make this so difficult?
It's not that they made it difficult, it's that they didn't compromise the stability
or security of the operating system by having it run over DOS. That's why Windows
XP and Windows 2000 are so much less crash-prone than Windows 9x/Me.
We typically don't defend Microsoft's design practices, but in this case, they finally
did it right. DOS is dead. Get over it. :) ""
emulation from within a linux/bsd system is much more secure and stable than xp/2k.
=)
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re: comment about 'How do I boot into Windows XP or Windows 2000 with a floppy?'
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 5:52 am
Posted by Michael
(2800 messages posted)
What does this have to do with the Windows 98 forum?
On Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 12:21 am, Nerim nadal wrote:
>I have a comment about How
>do I boot into Windows XP or Windows 2000 with a floppy?:
>
>""Why would Microsoft make this so difficult?
>It's not that they made it difficult, it's that they didn't compromise the stability
>or security of the operating system by having it run over DOS. That's why Windows
>XP and Windows 2000 are so much less crash-prone than Windows 9x/Me.
>We typically don't defend Microsoft's design practices, but in this case, they finally
>did it right. DOS is dead. Get over it. :) ""
>
>emulation from within a linux/bsd system is much more secure and stable than xp/2k.
>=)
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re: comment about 'How do I boot into Windows XP or Windows 2000 with a floppy?'
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 11:40 am
Posted by br
(387 messages posted)
You certainly CAN boot to DOS on a computer running Windows XP or Windows 2000.
I recently did it on my son's XP computer. All you have to do is go into the BIOS
and change the boot order so it will look for a floppy. Then use a win98 boot floppy
to get to the A prompt. Once there, type format c: and when that is done, install
win98. Now he has a :) instead of a :(, and if he decides to come to this forum,
will be welcome with open arms.
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