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restart in ms dos from win xp

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Ishan
Ishan Original post #1
May 31, 2006 at 6:43 PM
how can i restart in msdos mode from win XP?
champ_rock
May 31, 2006 at 8:24 PM
just create a dos floppy disk... by right clicking on the floppy drive and select format.. then select the option that "make a msdos disk" ... u r done.. just insert the floppy at the beginning of the restart and u r done...
kalpik
kalpik #3
May 31, 2006 at 9:17 PM
Ishan said:
how can i restart in msdos mode from win XP?
Not possible because XP does not have a real DOS mode.
samrulez
May 31, 2006 at 9:34 PM
Ishan said:
how can i restart in msdos mode from win XP?
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While Booting the comp press F8 and select "Safe Mode With Command Promt"
Vyasram
Vyasram #5
May 31, 2006 at 10:06 PM
u can use the win98 dos floppy as well, i use it and it works fine.just google for the win98 boot floppy maker
eagle_y2j
Jun 1, 2006 at 6:17 AM
boot in safe mode .......
(30 words)_
Ishan
Ishan #7
Jun 1, 2006 at 9:17 AM
Ok just tell me..i wanna open Turbo C++ Lite from win XP. Now i can open it but the dos window is too small and cant be resized. now tell me the solution.
kalpik
kalpik #8
Jun 1, 2006 at 9:18 AM
Ishan said:
how can i restart in msdos mode from win XP?
Cant all you guys read what he's asking? Booting into safe mode, safe mode with command prompt, or using a boot disk will NOT allow him to restart in msdos mode from win XP. Real mode DOS is NOT available in XP!

Ishan said:
Ok just tell me..i wanna open Turbo C++ Lite from win XP. Now i can open it but the dos window is too small and cant be resized. now tell me the solution.
Just press alt+enter.
Ishan
Ishan #9
Jun 1, 2006 at 9:32 AM
O yes! Alt + Enter helped me! Thank you very much