re: Question about 'How to Boot from DOS to Windows'
Sunday, June 12, 2005 at 12:52 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Andy Owens
(159 messages posted)
Win XP is different from previous versions of Windows, as it isnt built on top of
DOS, it is an operating system with its own hardware access. In previous versions,
they loaded DOS, THEN used DOS to load the rest of the OS. Windows XP NEVER loads
DOS, so you wont be able to go to XP unless you actually boot into it. That said,
your post states "I start the computer and go to the DOS prompt to do work there."
- how do you get to the DOS prompt? Are you actually booting into XP and then running
the command prompt, or doing something different. If you are doing what I think,
this is not actually the DOS prompt, but a SIMULATION built into XP (I know that
might seem like a minor difference, but its critical - XP doesnt actually contain
DOS at all, it just looks like it). In this case, the way to return to XP should
be to "exit", so if thats not working, you have a different problem. Let us know
how you're getting to DOS, and we can probably work out a way to get you back to
XP.
On Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 10:36 pm, John Thom wrote:
>I have a question about How
>to Exit to DOS:
>Exiting to DOS isn't my problem. What I would like to know is how to boot to Windows
>XP Pro from the DOS prompt?
>I start the computer and go to the DOS prompt to do work there. When I finish I
have
>to do a warm reboot.
>I've tried typing "Win" and "exit" among others at the DOS prompt with no success.
>This trick worked fine in Win 98 and 98se, but not in XP.
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