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how do i start up in ms-dos when i shutdown i have 2 options 1.restart...2shutdown..i want to do a format on my hard drive i have a restore disc but wont run in windows it says need to start in ms-dos but cant work it out..any help would be appreciated
You need a boot disk. Assuming your Win ME is still working, go to Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs and click the Startup Disk tab. Stick a blank floppy in and Windows will make you a boot disk. Alternatively, borrow a Win98 or Win98SE startup disk from a friend. Any of these will allow you to see your CDROM from DOS.
BTW off the disk it is not called 'Boot to DOS'
it's called 'Minimum Startup' or something like that...
Silly Microsoft, command lines are for everybody :D
you also can boot up with the win98 or win98Se CD you just have to enable boot from cdrom in you bios setup... It's much faster than the disket.
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You could press F8 when you boot and then choose command prompt. You won't be able to see your cd rom though.
I'm not 100% that the recovery floppy lets you see the cd rom though without real mode drivers, so use the CD.