MS-DOS HELP

zazzz · 12-10-2009 9:39pm #1

Can MS-DOS be used with XP or is it just for older systems, because I just made a copy and cannot figure out how I boot into it. Restarted computer with disk inside but nothing happened.

jhegarty · 12-10-2009 9:43pm

Are you sure you formatted your disk as a boot disk ?

zazzz · 12-10-2009 9:49pm

yes

Rebel021 · 13-10-2009 6:14pm

Did you check your boot sequence in bios so that the floppy loads first?
I personally use a usb key for dos
http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm

Spear · 13-10-2009 6:26pm

zazzz wrote: »

Can MS-DOS be used with XP or is it just for older systems, because I just made a copy and cannot figure out how I boot into it. Restarted computer with disk inside but nothing happened.

Booting from an MS-DOS floppy probably won't get you access to the hard disk of an XP machine if it's formatted in FAT32 or NTFS. Why do you need to boot to MS-DOS anyway?

donaghs · 02-12-2009 7:37pm

If you have your XP CD its simpler to boot from that and use the command-line Recovery Console.

jhegarty · 02-12-2009 7:40pm

donaghs wrote: »

If you have your XP CD its simpler to boot from that and use the command-line Recovery Console.

The Recovery Console isn't dos.

donaghs · 02-12-2009 7:45pm

Never said it was!:) Very similar commands though, and if you type "help" it will list the commands and give info on them.

monkeypants · 02-12-2009 11:23pm

What do you need DOS for? If it's to run an old program, go with DOSBox.

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