want to stop BOOTUP procedure to get into DOS ( XP PRO SP3 )

Post by **hurenBock** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:52 pm

yeah you read it.....

i always used F8 during the BOOTUP...... and this worked...... but somehow when i try it now

a window pops up asking me, what should be used as first boot device...... HDD or DVD DRIVE.......

Post by **hfric** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:52 pm

press f5 , load win , restart , then f8

hate sp3

Post by **hurenBock** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:00 pm

i will try this when im home....

but its weird........ why should it work just because i reboot ?

I_AM · Post by **I_AM** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:00 am

Windows XP doesn't have DOS.
You can set the drive boot priority from the BIOS settings.

Post by **hfric** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:13 am

I_AM wrote:Windows XP doesn't have DOS.
You can set the drive boot priority from the BIOS settings.

it has DOS press F8 when you boot to get a windows xp boot menu

Post by **hurenBock** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:03 am

xp has dos for sure.......

"First things first. There is no DOS in Windows XP! What is called the "command prompt" is not really DOS ... it can be thought of as more of a simulation of DOS. Windows XP (and Windows 2000), unlike Windows 95, 98, and ME, are NOT built on an MSDOS foundation. So, while this makes for better speed and stability, it also makes for sometimes lousy backwards compatibility."

i didnt wrote this...... but that is what i tried to say....... unfortuneatly by english isnt that good

Post by **loki1985** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:06 pm

hurenBock wrote:xp has dos for sure.......

it does not have DOS. it has a commandline interface. that is a huge difference.

Post by **hurenBock** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:44 pm

oh come on man, you know what i mean lol

Narfous · Post by **Narfous** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:32 pm

doesn't mean you'll be able to run any games through it, it is only provided for recovery purposes.

Post by **loki1985** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:14 pm

hurenBock wrote:oh come on man, you know what i mean lol

yeah, i know what you mean. i was being a bit nitpicky

but, what i essentially wanted to express is what Narfous said: since it is just a commandline with win32 system, it means it looks like DOS, but there won't run any DOS applications or games in it.

Post by **hurenBock** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:20 pm

lol yeah, but its not just looking like it......more or less it remains the same

well but commands like " cd.. " chdir"

"dir"...... "C:" "D:" "deltree" "exit" "chkdsk" still exist and work.....

"i.e:

C:WINDOWS/SYSTEM/TEMP32 > cd.. >
C:WINDOWS/SYSTEM/ > cd.. >
C:WINDOWS/ > cd.. >
C:format d:

bla bla"

and well, aslong as you dont...want to format C: drive you can run DOS APPS via the DOS PROMPT......

dont get me wrong its sure most old DOS APPS dont work under XP using the DOS PROMPT and / CMD`s but the reason isnt "DOS" its XP

what im trying to say is that the procedure`s still the same....

like its with win9x

Narfous · Post by **Narfous** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:03 am

If you want a really fast DOS gaming experience on your computer you could install some flavor of Linux, then use DOSEMU and set that all up yourself