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| 38704 | 2002-03-11 08:00:00 | I need to be able to start my machine in MS DOS to install a programme. I am running ME but do not appear to have a prompt that shuts the machine down and starts up in DOS. Any suggestions Thanks |
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| 38705 | 2002-03-11 08:12:00 | You might want to get a boot floppy, got an old one from Win95 kicking around? With win 98 and earlier, you can hit F8 in exactly the right spot (read hit it a lot during startup). Then you can choose it Dos prompt. robo. |
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| 38706 | 2002-03-11 10:28:00 | You can make a boot disk in Windows ME, through the Add/Remove programs function in Control Panel, and then edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys files on that boot disk so that it doesn't try to boot Windows (delete everything out of these two files except for the CD Rom driver, unless the program you are installing doesn't need the CD, then just delete everything out of both files and save them blank). Then restart your computer with the new bootdisk in the drive, and you should end up at an A: prompt. | Guest (0) | ||
| 38707 | 2002-03-13 01:23:00 | Robo, doesn't the left-CONTROL do away with all that tap-tap-tap or am going krazee (and how come nobody can spell on the Web anymore ?) |
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| 38708 | 2002-03-13 06:01:00 | And look for the bad spelling in the messages from that Microsoft generated recovery floppy. Gives you *lots* of faith in the software. | Guest (0) | ||
| 38709 | 2002-03-15 09:30:00 | Funnily enough, I am having the same situation - needing DOS to load SB16 Emulation drivers for SB Live Value. Anyway, I was reading this book which suggested a cure, without requiring boot disks (but create one anyway, in case anything goes wrong): www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000 I've tried it, and it gives back some form of Realmode DOS, but starting up via DOS produces an annoying and misleading 'Starting Windows Milennium Emergency Boot...' instead of the logo screen. The only real problem is if your driver needs EMM386.EXE - loading this into Config.sys locks up the machine as 'Windows ME has loaded its own extended memory manager'. Um, okay - but why doesn't the DOS driver recognise it? Best bet: Windows 98SE - if you can find it. |
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