How do I access pure DOS mode in Windows XP?
Windows XP does not have pure DOS mode, the only two ways are to execute “CMD”(preferred) or “COMMAND” from the run dialog box. If you want the real pure one, you can boot up from a DOS/Win95/98/ME boot disk or create one using Windows XP itself (insert a diskette, right click the drive in My Computer, Format, check Make System Disk) or you can install 2 OS’s (like Windows 95/98/ME, which allows you to access pure DOS). You can follow this guide here on how to install Windows 98 along with XP. Modified By John Giles on 12/22/2004 at 9:38 PM Re: Win XP question Posted By jerry wahl on 12/22/2004 at 10:09 PM One problem with that last is that you cannot boot up a dos diskette and access a NTFS drive without some work. So as long as you are only accessing programs and data off the floppy or CD’s fine. There are undoubtedly drivers to allow that to access a NTFS partition, but most people set up a separate DOS partition and then you reboot to windows I guess to copy data across from it.
Windows XP does not have pure DOS mode, the only two ways are to execute “CMD”(preferred) or “COMMAND” from the run dialog box. If you want the real pure one, you can boot up from a DOS/Win95/98/ME boot disk or create one using Windows XP itself (insert a diskette, right click the drive in My Computer, Format, check Make System Disk) or you can install 2 OS’s (like Windows 95/98/ME, which allows you to access pure DOS). You can follow this guide here on how to install Windows 95/98/ME along with XP.
