ME - booting to msdos

[LAGNAF]

There have been a couple of instances that I wanted to boot to DOS, but on the shut down screen and the boot menu it isn't an option! I can use the MSdos promt from the programs folder, but Windows is still running. How do I get around this?

 

[mikeclark]

Havn't used ME myself, but I believe booting to dos is not an option with ME.
To run dos you will have to boot from floppy. ( I believe ME won't create DOS format floppy's either.)

 

[paulovey]

Hi,

Like Mike, I am not a ME user, but if you press F5 on boot up do you get a boot options, like in Win 95/98???

If you do there should be a option to boot to DOS there.!!

 

[Karl Blessing]

Actually you wont be able to do it, because WinMe does not have DOS (thus why it boots up faster) it has a console emulation within windows (like Windows 2000) but it does not have any real mode DOS.
Karl
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[Morelos]

Just to make a correction regarding paulovey's comment, actually it's the F8 key you need to press to invoke the boot menu in Win95/98. I'm not an ME user because i have heard nothing but bad reviews about it.

 

[paulovey]

Morelos,

Did I really type F5.... God must still be recovering from New Year . Sorry people, I meant F8..!!!