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re: A DOS Window is available......
Friday, February 13, 2004 at 5:42 pm
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Posted by Rublore (5 messages posted)

I managed to change something in the windows directory that prevents me from getting into windows at all. When I boot using F8, there is no option to boot into the command prompt. The closest choice is "safe mode with command prompt". As even safe mode no longer works, is there actually any way to get to the command prompt, or will I be forced to reinstall windows?

On Friday, December 21, 2001 at 5:53 am, Tom S wrote:
>In XP, go START RUN and type COMMAND (enter) and you're looking right at an MS-DOS
>window. It even says so. Then type SET and it shows that it's really the NT OS. However,
>good luck in booting to DOS. The closest you can get to that, is repeatedly tapping
>the F8 key just before it first boots up into XP, and then choosing the menu selection
>(I think) COMMAND PROMPT ONLY, and that boots to something like DOS. I think we're
>looking at Windows running under DOS, instead of DOS running under Windows. The DOS
>commands are all there; type HELP and see the variety of familiar commands.
>Booting to this sucker is another story.

Written in response to:: A DOS Window is available...... (Tom S: Friday, December 21, 2001 at 5:53 am)

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re: A DOS Window is available...... (Casey Ulrich: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 11:21 am)

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Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Ashe Corven: Wed, Dec 19, 2001, 2:05 am)

re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Tony Jay: Wed, Dec 19, 2001, 2:32 am)

re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Nathan: Wed, Apr 6, 2005, 5:43 pm)

re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (noonsailing: Sat, Feb 25, 2006, 2:26 pm)

Given that XP contains NO "DOS" of its own at all (only an emulation) . . (Kiwi: Sat, Feb 25, 2006, 2:55 pm)

re: Given that XP contains NO "DOS" of its own at all (only an emulation) . . (Nathan: Sat, Jun 24, 2006, 7:33 pm)

re: Given that XP contains NO "DOS" of its own at all (only an emulation) . . (Chris: Wed, Mar 14, 2007, 9:52 pm)

A DOS Window is available...... (Tom S: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 5:53 am)

re: A DOS Window is available...... (John Smith: Fri, Dec 26, 2003, 9:10 am)

re: A DOS Window is available...... (Rublore: Fri, Feb 13, 2004, 5:42 pm)

re: A DOS Window is available...... (Casey Ulrich: Wed, Apr 14, 2004, 11:21 am)

re: A DOS Window is available...... (Wingot Dingus: Thu, Jun 10, 2004, 5:37 am)

re: A DOS Window is available...... (jason: Mon, Jul 26, 2004, 11:31 pm)

re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (RJC33: Sat, Sep 22, 2007, 2:32 am)

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