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TonyT
June 30th 04, 02:41 PM
My floppy drive is broken and my Windows Me installation
is acting screwy. Windows Me won't start.

Is there anyway to boot to a DOS prompt without using a
boot floppy? I could fix the problem if I could just get
to one lousy DOS command prompt. I can't afford to
replace my floppy drive yet, and if I did, it won't be of
much use to me since I rarely use it.

Thank you for any advice or responses.

Mike M
June 30th 04, 03:01 PM
> Is there anyway to boot to a DOS prompt without using a
> boot floppy?

No. Win Me does not use real mode.

What do you want to do from real mode DOS that you cannot do in a DOS window?
There may be another approach you can use such as creating a wininit.ini file
to do the task for you when booting you PC and before the system loads.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



TonyT > wrote:

> My floppy drive is broken and my Windows Me installation
> is acting screwy. Windows Me won't start.
>
> Is there anyway to boot to a DOS prompt without using a
> boot floppy? I could fix the problem if I could just get
> to one lousy DOS command prompt. I can't afford to
> replace my floppy drive yet, and if I did, it won't be of
> much use to me since I rarely use it.
>
> Thank you for any advice or responses.

B.J.Honeycut
June 30th 04, 04:34 PM
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:01:29 GMT,"Mike M" >
penned this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware

>> Is there anyway to boot to a DOS prompt without using a
>> boot floppy?
>
> No. Win Me does not use real mode.
>
> What do you want to do from real mode DOS that you cannot do in a DOS
> window? There may be another approach you can use such as creating a
> wininit.ini file to do the task for you when booting you PC and before
> the system loads.

Alternatively, a bootable CD might get you there.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

Rick T
June 30th 04, 04:47 PM
Safe Mode is usually a good place to start.

What problems are you experiencing ?



Rick


TonyT wrote:
> My floppy drive is broken and my Windows Me installation
> is acting screwy. Windows Me won't start.
>
> Is there anyway to boot to a DOS prompt without using a
> boot floppy? I could fix the problem if I could just get
> to one lousy DOS command prompt. I can't afford to
> replace my floppy drive yet, and if I did, it won't be of
> much use to me since I rarely use it.
>
> Thank you for any advice or responses.

July 1st 04, 11:12 PM
floppy drives only cost 10$

Rick T
July 1st 04, 11:54 PM
wrote:

> floppy drives only cost 10$

True.... of course that's $10 more than posting here costs...
<g>


Rick