start in ms dos

[emorocks83]

hi again to u all
i dont know how to start my win ME in ms dos? i have try making the start disk or boot disk but its the same, on the shutdown menu there is not the option to restart in ms dos.
is there anyother way to start my pc in ms dos??

WinMe doesn't have a "Shut down to MS-DOS".

You'll have to use a bootable floppy or CD-ROM.

[davidamarkley]

Turn the PC on.

Press and hold down the "Ctrl" button. A menu should come up sometime during boot that will give you different options. You could do a few of them to get want you want.

For example:

If you select "Command Prompt" then it will take you to a straight "C:\>" prompt, but without starting any of the device drivers or autoexec.bat scripts, or anything else. It just starts the command.com executable.

If you choose "Step by Step Confirmation" you can answer Yes=Enter or No=Esc to the questions it asks. Normally you want to answer yes to all but the last one that will just have a line like this:

WIN    Enter=Yes,Esc=No

That "WIN" command starts up the graphical user interface of Windows ME.

After you say "No" to the "WIN" command, you should now be at the "C:\>" prompt, and now you are in DOS.

David

[muno]

Yeah, I remember it was removed, guess MS wanted to make it look like winme didn't run on dos anymore

You need a w98/w95 boot floppy.

[cracked]

i thought you hit F8 at boot for the boot menu??

or is that only with xp/2000?

drew

[davidamarkley]

Well, it's hard to know when to hit F8 in Windows 98/ME because it no longer shows the "Window 98 is now starting up..." or whatever it said. Windows 95 said that, but from 98 on it doesn't, so if he holds down "Ctrl" it won't cause any problems, and has the same effect as F8, but you don't have to cross your fingers to see if you hit it at the right time.

David

I don't think the Boot Menu is in Me.

But you can try these keys to get what you want.

F8 = Safe Mode (Same for 9X)

Shift (or CTRL) + F5 = Safe Mode Command Prompt Only