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  1. October 26th, 2001, 01:11 AM #1
    seanyharris
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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
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  2. October 26th, 2001, 04:23 AM #2
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    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.
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  3. October 26th, 2001, 01:34 PM #3
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    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
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    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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  5. November 1st, 2001, 06:49 PM #5
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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.
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