How Windows XP starts pure DOS

When you have installed Windows xp/2000 or later, to boot to pure DOS mode, you can usually only use floppy disks, U disk, CD-ROM, etc. I did not expect the author on the Internet to be able to modify the Windows 2000/XP boot menu tool software, with it, the boot can choose to enter the Pure DOS mode. Good Dongdong dare not enjoy alone, special share out.

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How to use

After installation, if you are interested, check the Boot.ini (default location is C:) file in the system. has been changed to the following:

[boot loader]

Timeout=6

Default=multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) WINDOWS

[Operating Systems]

multi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (2) windows= "Microsoft WINDOWS XP Professional"/fastdetect/noexecute=optin

c:windowsarbootdosar.bin= "Dwarf Studio Pure DOS mode"

c:windowsarbootdidos.bin= "Dwarf Studio backup Restore"

What is the effect of such a change?

Generate a Startup menu at startup and add two items based on the original boot menu:

One is "dwarf studio pure DOS mode"

The second is "Dwarf studio backup Recovery"

Of course, the default startup option is the original Windows XP or Windows 2000, and the default wait time is 6 seconds. In other words, if you have a boot menu, you do not have any choice, 6 seconds after the computer will automatically start to Windows XP or Windows 2000, if you want to boot to pure DOS mode, the keyboard can be used to move the key to select the two new items mentioned above.

1. "Dwarf Studio Pure DOS mode"

When this item is selected, the next level of Options menu appears with 5 options:

①mini Start, minimize startup. Can be used for zoning management, such as format, Speed Express.

② load drive Mini boot.

③ loads the cache boot and supports the optical drive.

④ loads the cache's boot, supports the mouse, and can view the contents of the NTFS partition.

⑤ Ibid, plus Chinese support, there are pure dos under the Chinese-language procedures and input method.

Whichever you choose, there are commonly used DOS commands that are carefully chosen by the author, including partition management, HDD repair, and so on. If you choose the last one, you can also start Ccdos and pure dos in the Chinese program:

According to Ctrl+f1, Ctrl+f3, CTRL+F4, CTRL+F6 can switch a variety of Chinese input method, English IME.

Press CTRL+F5 to select the number 1 can completely exit the Ccdos and the Chinese process. After exiting enter command HH can reload.

Press ctrl+~ can be in full screen Chinese, intelligent Chinese, no Chinese three modes of free switching between.

Do not underestimate this small procedure, the Chinese effect is very good, and Oriental express exactly the same. According to the author observation, it is called the Orient Express 2000 of the DOS Chinese module, the effect of how to do without the author more said it.

2. "Dwarf Studio Backup Recovery"

It is the Chinese version of the Pqdi 4.0, than the famous ghost also to use, is a pure "fool" type tool. Pqdi's wizard mode gives you a look at it. More importantly, software authors can also be considerate for you to delete Windows XP and Windows 2000 page files and hibernation files before backup (the minimum also has 500M, the size of your physical memory, the default is 2.5 times times the physical memory), Make your backups fast and small.

Note: If you select the two options mentioned in this article at startup, some changes will occur in your partition letter, mainly in the following areas:

A disk is an image file, with a lot of practical DOS commands under it.

The partition rules for hard disks are: For example, if you have a FAT32 partition on your hard disk, and you have an NTFS partition, the front is the FAT32 partition, arranged backwards from c. The virtual disk, followed by a memory simulation, functions as much as a Windows 98 boot floppy, primarily for useful related commands, and a CD-ROM drive. The last is the NTFS format partition. I think, only know some DOS command friends will be interested in the software, first try to enter the letter to the partition and then dir to understand what.

3. Use skills

The software author is expected to take care of friends who are not familiar with DOS, the Backup tool used is PQDI version 4.0, due to version restrictions, its support for NTFS partitions is not ideal, mainly in the inability to write NTFS partitions. That is, only the system partition (NTFS) can be backed up to the FAT32 partition. The prerequisite for using it is that your computer has a FAT32 partition in addition to the system disk. Otherwise, the backup will not succeed, but it has an impact on the normal use of the "Dwarf studio Pure DOS mode".

In fact, many friends have only NTFS partitions on their computers, how to break through this limit?

After the software is installed, it will generate a file named Dos.img in the C:WINDOWSARBOOTDI (arboot hidden attributes) directory, which is essentially a floppy disk image file, all the files needed to run Pqdi are all in it, just replace it with a high version of Pqdi.

① use UltraISO to open the Dos.img file under C:WINDOWSARBOOTDI and extract it all to a new directory on your hard disk.

② into the extracted folder, delete the main file name is Pqdi all files (a total of five).

③ the file in Pqdi 5.0.

④ with UltraISO will replace the file into an img file, file name must be dos.img, and then replace the C:WINDOWSARBOOTDI under the original file on the line.