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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS'
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at 5:43 pm
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Posted by Nathan (107 messages posted)

Not true at all. yes it is possible to dual boot XP and DOS, ignore everything everyone else posted and follow these simple instructions. will only work if you have a partition with FAT32 to install DOS on. Download DOS 7.10

http://newdos.yginfo.net/msdos71.htm

Once you have created the install disks or CD, put it in the drive reboot and install. make sure you dont choose overwrite mbr overwrite boot sector data make sure you choose DUAL BOOT! you can install DOS to any drive thats a FAT32 partition, and you can also put it on the same drive as XP as long as its FAT32. not many people know that its possible to install DOS 7.10 after XP and still make it DUAL-BOOT, but it CAN BE DONE! and edit autoexec.bat if you want it to boot straight into a DOS based app - thanks otter! -nate

On Wednesday, December 19, 2001 at 2:32 am, Tony Jay wrote:
>Unless you have:
>

>A. A boot floppy with DOS on it
>B. DOS installed on a partition and set up as a boot option
>

>you can't. XP is NT-based, and does not sit on top of DOS like Windows 9x or earlier.
>

>If you really need a DOS prompt for some reason, you can format a floppy in XP as
>an MS-DOS startup disk. Just right-click on your floppy drive, select Format, and
>check that option.

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Tony Jay: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 at 2:32 am)

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re: Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (noonsailing: Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 2:26 pm)

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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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