Start Win2000 In Dos

[h90]

is it possible to start windows 2000 in dos mode?

If yes how to do that?

thanks

[Tywais]

Oops answered the question the wrong way around. Win2000 as far as I know has no true DOS mode and can't be started in DOS mode. One user at this site thinks you can use F8 like in XP and select "Safe mode with command prompt". http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=22434

Edited February 9, 2006 by tywais

[The Coder]

is it possible to start windows 2000 in dos mode?

If yes how to do that?

thanks

I am not exactly sure what you are trying to do so I will cover 3 scenarios. If you want to access the files on the hard disk without booting Windows 2000, just insert a dos diskette and boot from it (provided you are not using NTFS). If you want to install windows 2000 from plain Dos, go into the i386 directory on the Windows 2000 CD and run winnt.exe. The other thing you can do is boot from the 3 recovery diskettes Windows 2000 makes when installing it.

If you want some sort of super compatible dos box that runs all Dos programs, Windows 2000 won't do the job; Windows 9x is much better for that. But now there is a new way. Get VMWare or Virtual PC and have your very own Dos machine running inside Windows with 100% compatibility, though programs will not run as fast as straight dos.

[h90]

thanks, yes it is a machine controll software which is 10 years old and so in DOS.

Maybe the way to go is installing a Dos and Win2000 and dualboot.

Thanks to everyone

[Insight]

Go to Start, "Run....", then type "COMMAND" (then click OK).

This is different to the standard Win2k "cmd" prompt - it runs in a protected 16bit subsystem and should emulate DOS pretty well.

[The Coder]

thanks, yes it is a machine controll software which is 10 years old and so in DOS.

Maybe the way to go is installing a Dos and Win2000 and dualboot.

Thanks to everyone

In that case, I highly recommend you give Virtual PC (my pick) or VMWare a shot. They really beat dual booting and are very slick, polished, and easy to run. Don't ask why, but I use it to run Windows NT 4, Windows 95, and others right inside my Windows XP system. You can even run Unix inside Windows if you want. It's kind of like having your own "holodeck" like on star trek because each operating system and its associated programs have no idea they are running in an emulated environment. They are completely crash proof; there is no way they can't crash your host operating system. But if you insist on dual boot, you can use partition magic to set that up.