Re: dos prompt

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:11:18 -0700

Greetings --

    There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS unless
you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT family of 32-bit
graphical operating systems, of which WinXP is the latest generation,
has never used or included MS-DOS. The closest they have is the
Command Prompt window.

    WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT & Win2K, is a pure 32-bit GUI
OS, and does not include or "ride upon" any version of DOS, as did
Win3.x & Win9x/Me. WinXP does include a command-line emulator for
those times when GUI applets are unnecessary/redundant, but it cannot
be started in "DOS mode."

Bruce Chambers 

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:126b001c41171$b5140020$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I need to get to a dos prompt to delete a suspicious file,
> not an msdos window, and was curious how you do this in xp
> home.

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