There is no DOS in NT4, Windows 2000, or XP. You can bring up a command
line window in XP, just like you can bring up a DOS window in Windows 98.
Look in control panel, administrative tools. When you launch the command
line window, it looks the DOS window in Windows 98, but it is in fact, a
true 32 bit command line, and much more powerful. The XP command window,
has as much in common with a DOS window, as my Toyota Truck does with a
F16! You can do anything from the command window, if you know the right
command.
If you want to be able to go into DOS, like you do in Windows 9X, then you
will have to set up a dual boot. If you are using a FAT 32 primary boot
partition, then this will be pretty easy to do. Just install Windows 98, or
just install DOS, and let XP handle the dual boot.
But if you are running a NTFS boot partition, this is going to be
difficult. You will have to use a third party boot loader which creates a
hidden FAT32 or FAT16 partition. The third party boot manager will let you
use the hidden partition to install Windows 9X or DOS. I would recommend
either Powerquest"s Boot Magic, or System Commander to handle this job.
Depending on what you want to use DOS for, you could just make your self a
small FAT 16 or FAT32 partition, and copy your Windows 9x \windows\command
directory into it. Then just boot off a boot floppy that you made with the
same command directory, and put an Autoexec.bat file on the floppy, that
points to your command directory, with a path statement, like this
Path = d:\command
or what ever your path is.
Another approach is to use a program called VMWare, to run any version of
DOS or Windows 9x in a virtual machine, while running XP.
It all depends on what you need to do in DOS.
Rode
The NOSPIN Group
http://freepctech.com
At 07:07 AM 3/10/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>How can I go in DOS from WinXP Pro?
>Thanx in advance.
>Huynh Minh Huong
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