Windows XP and DOS
Windows XP and DOS
Is it possible to get a DOS boot from Windows XP? I tried to do that with the Windows XP boot disk, but all I get is a RAM-drive, and I can't even access my hard drive. Does anyone have a way to do this? Or is it impossible? Thanks
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If your hard drive is formatted in NTFS then you will be unable to access it from DOS, however if you have FAT32 partitions/drives then booting from a normal boot disk (I suggest 98SE - there's a widespread utility called boot98se.exe or somesuch that will make 'em for you in all versions of Windows) will allow you to fiddle with it. Personally, I have my small C drive FAT32 formatted so I can mess around with it in DOS if something goes wrong, and my large D drive in NTFS so that it actually runs at any sort of speed.
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If you can find it, Caldera OpenDOS can read NTFS partitions. Windows XP by defualt creates NTFS partitions, so it's not likely that you'll be able to read them from a DOS boot disk.
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