How to Enter Pure DOS under 2000/XP - China DOS Union Forum

Today I accidentally ran a phone crack in normal mode on a machine with a 2000/XP dual-boot system. As a result, the system said files had been modified, and for system stability it asked me to insert the XP CD-ROM to repair them, but I don't have it. (After the changes, when I tried to upgrade to SP1 online, it said the language was wrong and couldn't upgrade.) I downloaded an XP from the Internet and used Optimization Master to change the installation disc path, but it would only take effect after a reboot. After rebooting, everything was ruined! IE was gone, dial-up couldn't be installed, and a lot of software was all messed up!

There was no other way. Even if a system like that could be repaired, it probably wouldn't be stable, so I reinstalled it. Since I couldn't get into DOS, I installed only from within XP (I had no installation disc, only the files). As a result, there was no way to format the hard drive midway, so another XP appeared on drive C, and there are actually two XPs in BOOT. Dizzy!

Right now I don't have a bootable CD or floppy. I want to know how I can get into pure DOS. I want to install XP from DOS, so that way I can format drive C. Thanks, everyone, please give me some advice!

Floor1　SzAngel只	Posted 2003-10-07 00:00
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Today I accidentally ran a phone crack in normal mode on a machine with a 2000/XP dual-boot system. As a result, the system said files had been modified, and for system stability it asked me to insert the XP CD-ROM to repair them, but I don't have it. (After the changes, when I tried to upgrade to SP1 online, it said the language was wrong and couldn't upgrade.) I downloaded an XP from the Internet and used Optimization Master to change the installation disc path, but it would only take effect after a reboot. After rebooting, everything was ruined! IE was gone, dial-up couldn't be installed, and a lot of software was all messed up! There was no other way. Even if a system like that could be repaired, it probably wouldn't be stable, so I reinstalled it. Since I couldn't get into DOS, I installed only from within XP (I had no installation disc, only the files). As a result, there was no way to format the hard drive midway, so another XP appeared on drive C, and there are actually two XPs in BOOT. Dizzy! Right now I don't have a bootable CD or floppy. I want to know how I can get into pure DOS. I want to install XP from DOS, so that way I can format drive C. Thanks, everyone, please give me some advice!

Floor2　菜鸟级人物	Posted 2003-10-20 00:00
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Go buy a boot CD, there are lots of them out there~~~~~