Yeah, so... I have a floppy diskette, and I want to know if there is any possible way to Boot from the disk, and Enter command/run program/satanic ritual (j/k) to start windows.

If ANYBODY has info, it would be greatly appriectiated.XP does not have DOS, and it doesn't ruin on DOS. It has a DOS emulator, but you have to start XP to get there. Umm, not sure what u mean, i want to boot xp FROM Dos mode...I don't know how much more clear I can be. Let's try again.

XP does not have DOS, and it doesn't ruin on DOS. It has a DOS emulator (command prompt), but you have to start XP to access it.

Uhh... Please explain:

I have a boot diskette, when i put it in, start it, and open Dos, I can check the version, and it doesn't say "MICROSOFT windows XP". Are you saying that the I/O THINGY I am running before I boot windows is an emulator as well, because that dowsn't make sense...

If i sounded RUDE, i'm sorry - god knows i'm a newbie at this and you... aren't, lol.Come on GX1_Man, explain it.
ROTFLMAO!

I'll start you off....

"In the beginning there was DOS and life was simple & good"....... (Your turn) then windows appeared and the dark ages began.
Dark clouds in the sky and storm. The sun dissapeared.
Many good OSs perished; the human race became enslaved...

Sorry but I had to give my 2 cents.

It is not possible to start XP from DOS-Mode. How do you want to come in DOS-mode without booting a Windows?
Starting with a DOS bootdisk is starting standalone DOS.
Maybe it might be possible to start XP after booting NTFS-DOS. (Then you can read and ,with the commercial version, write NTFS-Partitions.
I never tried that cause it doesn´t really make sense.
This should be ENOUGH explanation.

hope this helps
uliWhen the clouds cleared, there was Windows riding on DOS like a camel on a flea....and Bill Gates saw that it was good (for him)....avgjoe22..... Your seem to be reluctlant to tell us why your trying to start XP with DOS ........ It doesnt work that way ........

If Xp is installed , you simply turn on the computer and XP loads all by itself ....... Are you attempting to reinvent the wheel ?

please let us know

dl65 hmm, don't you just right click your floppy drive and select format, and then tick ENABLE boot disk and click format, then once its done reboot ur pc with the floppy disk in and make sure the bios checks for a boot disk in your floppy drive (press del at the begining of bootup to enter the bios on most pc's)