[Floppertalk] Re: MS-DOS MODE?

floppertalk@oldskool.org floppertalk@oldskool.org
Fri, 20 May 2005 13:20:08 -0500


You can no longer restart in DOS mode with windows XP.  Microsoft is
slowly squeezing DOS support out of all of their products.

You can download boot disk images from here:

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

I suggest either win98SE boot disk.

You will probably have to copy the floppy disk images to your floppy
disk (or bootable CD).
Your windows XP hard drive is probably formatted in NTFS, which is
incompatible with these older DOS boot disks.

Things used to be a lot easier before XP...

Good luck,
-jeff!

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Hello,
 
Can anybody help?
 
How do I shut down to MS-DOS mode?
I have Windows XP.
 
Thank you for your reply.
-Joe M.