Boot Directly into DOS Intended For Windows 98 Windows 95 In Windows 3.x and earlier, one needed to load DOS before running Windows. In Windows 95 and 98, DOS is still there, kindof, but the command prompt is skipped when loading Windows. To go to the Command Prompt before loading Windows, follow these instructions. Open the file C:\MSDOS.SYS with a text editor, like notepad. You'll probably have to remove the Read-only, System, and Hidden attributes of the file before editing it. Find the line that reads BootGUI=1, and change it to BootGUI=0. Save the file and reboot your computer. Type Win to start Windows. Note: For more information, see Contents of the Windows 98 MSDOS.SYS File. Note: This setting can also be changed with TweakUI. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Saturday, August 11, 2001 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows XP] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Ashe Corven: Wednesday, December 19, 2001) [Windows Me] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Jerry Sisler: Thursday, June 13, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Regitze Kruuse: Thursday, August 22, 2002) [Windows 98] Choosing whether to boot into DOS (John Catchpole: Saturday, November 30, 2002) [Windows Me] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (vlad: Wednesday, March 19, 2003) [Windows Me] Vector Graphic Rendering (tinming: Sunday, May 4, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Joseph Dinwiddie: Monday, June 9, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (n hernandez: Tuesday, June 24, 2003) [Windows 2000] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Chris jansen: Saturday, September 20, 2003) [Windows Me] remove Me (Justin Rhodes: Wednesday, January 14, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Boot Directly into DOS' (Shashi: Sunday, November 16, 2008) Return to "Using Windows"