I have an old cpu that was given to me and it has windows xp on it. it is extreamly slow. I have windows 95 that i want to put on it. I just downloaded msdos 6.2 from mircosoft and installed it. and now i need to boot to it to install windows 95. I can figure out the rest but i need help getting it to boot into dos.
2007-01-10 21:33:49 · 6 answers · asked by Matt 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
you can not start dos on a windows xp machine, only the NT Command prompt
2007-01-10 21:37:17 · answer #1 · answered by Dashes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay, you are an idiot. Why is this? Because #1, because Microsoft does not have ms-dos availble for download, nor will they ever host such a thing on their website for free. And as for it being slow, putting a 16yr old + os is just going to make matters worse, because the hard ware will "NOT" be natively supported by windows 95, nor will I doubt there will be drivers availble for your hardware, and with your "Expertise" level being on here saying you downloaded ms-dos I doubt you will be able to find the drivers needed for it. If you wish to continue with installing win95, insert the win95 cd into your pc, set your bios to startup from the Cd-drive, then click setup from pc, after a few minutes, it will load to a dos prompt, which you will do then a FDISK, delete all current partitions on the hdd, and make a clean Fat16 partiton (or Fat32 if you have the OEM disc), then restart pc, start from the cd drive again and type in "Format C: /s" this will take approximtley close to a hour or more to format a hard-drive, after it is done, then type in "MD windows", then "Cd windows", then "MD options". then "Cd options" then "MD cabs" then "CD cabs", then type in "D:", then type in "Cd win95", then type in "copy *.* C:\windows\options\cabs", this will take some time to do, then after it is done, type in "C:", then type in "Setup.exe" and it should load to a blue screen, pop the win95 cd out, and follow the onscreen instructions.
2007-01-11 05:43:34 · answer #2 · answered by chimeitekisentou 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You probably need to go into your BIOS and set it so that it boots from the Windows 95 CD prior to trying the hard disk.
2007-01-11 05:37:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you ave 98 bootable or 95 bootable cd then boot from that cd
and you have command prompt
2007-01-11 05:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by shah mahavir 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no dos in windows xp. However, you can go to the command prompt by going to start> run> and typing cmd.exe.
2007-01-11 05:39:02 · answer #5 · answered by Miss D 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try taking it to a computer shop m8 and the can help u
2007-01-11 05:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by davidlewis21802000 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋