Solve : Re: Real DOS on XP?

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Answer» Not on XP as DOS is also an operating system. You could dual BOOT a system with DOS on the first partition and XP on a second partition. There is also DosBox. Note: DosBox is an emulator not an OS. Good luck. 8-)Win95 uses DOS technology which explains why you can go into DOS mode under Win95. WinXP uses NT technology and does not come with DOS, only an emulator (aka: command prompt). To run "real" DOS with XP you'll need to dual boot. What DOS PROGRAMS are you referring to and what issues are you having? I have a DOS financial program that WORKS just fine in compatability mode under XP. 8-)What about a DOS boot cd? Or would that be considered an emulator and not real dos?Real DOS can only read FAT16 file systems, not FAT32 or NTFS, up to the DOS in Win95b and Win 98. What do you have?Quote i got a legal version of[highlight] DOS 6... but MINE can simply read FAT32[/highlight], i never had any other! I would be interested in the details of this as FAT32 wasn't even around with DOS 6. Install Virtual PC 2004 and install DOS (or Win 95) in that I have done it for a client on their Win XP box, and DOS programs are running happlily (and faster) inside a virtual Win 98 environmentMS Virtual PC is listed in the software FAQ. No SEARCH necessary. See my signature.Quote GX1_man, i got a windows 98 using FAT32... and DOS is running like it should! You said DOS 6 running on FAT32. I want to hear the details of that. From a command prompt or DOS type in ver and press enter. What does it say?

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Not on XP as DOS is also an operating system. You could dual BOOT a system with DOS on the first partition and XP on a second partition. There is also DosBox. Note: DosBox is an emulator not an OS.

Good luck. 8-)Win95 uses DOS technology which explains why you can go into DOS mode under Win95. WinXP uses NT technology and does not come with DOS, only an emulator (aka: command prompt). To run "real" DOS with XP you'll need to dual boot.

What DOS PROGRAMS are you referring to and what issues are you having? I have a DOS financial program that WORKS just fine in compatability mode under XP.

8-)What about a DOS boot cd? Or would that be considered an emulator and not real dos?Real DOS can only read FAT16 file systems, not FAT32 or NTFS, up to the DOS in Win95b and Win 98. What do you have?Quote

i got a legal version of[highlight] DOS 6... but MINE can simply read FAT32[/highlight], i never had any other!

I would be interested in the details of this as FAT32 wasn't even around with DOS 6. Install Virtual PC 2004 and install DOS (or Win 95) in that

I have done it for a client on their Win XP box, and DOS programs are running happlily (and faster) inside a virtual Win 98 environmentMS Virtual PC is listed in the software FAQ. No SEARCH necessary. See my signature.Quote

GX1_man, i got a windows 98 using FAT32... and DOS is running like it should!

You said DOS 6 running on FAT32. I want to hear the details of that. From a command prompt or DOS type in ver and press enter. What does it say?

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