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How to boot in DOS in Windows XP


Want to enter MS-DOS in Windows XP but you just don't know how? I personally recommend Command Prompt (CMD) over DOS, but I can still tell you how.

Steps

  1. Insert a blank floppy disk into your CPU and navigate to the drive (Usually drive A:)
  2. Right-click it and select format
  3. A dialog will pop up. Select "Create MS-DOS Start Up Disk..."
    • Another dialog will pop up telling you that this format will erase all data on the disk (This is why the disk has to be empty...)
  4. Click OK
  5. When the formatting is done, restart your computer with the floppy disk still in the A: drive
    • After a couple seconds there will be a message saying in the usual, bland DOS text "Starting..."
    • Then it will show "A:>"
  6. Right here you can write your commands

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