Several Methods for entering the DOS environment in Windows XP

For beginners, it is essential to be familiar with several necessary DOS commands, but some friends do not know how to enter the DOS environment, let alone learn. The following describes several common methods.

1. If your computer is still running Windows, click Start>Program→ MS-DOS mode ", you can also click" Start → run ", enter" command "in the open dialog box (without quotation marks, the same below ). If your system is Windows XP/2000, enter "cmd" to enter dos.

2. For Windows 98, you can also click Start → close system ", in The displayed dialog box, Select Restart computer and switch to MS-DOS environment to enter dos.

3. After self-check is passed at startup, the screen displays "Starting Windows 98 ..." Press the "F8" key, and then select "safe mode command prompt only" or "command prompt only" to enter the safe mode DoS or pure dos.

4. when the system crashes, restart the computer, press Ctrl, and select "safe mode command prompt only" or "command prompt only" in the displayed screen information ", to enter the safe mode DoS or pure dos. 

5. If you cannot access windows, restart the computer, enter CMOS, change the first boot sequence (1st boot device) in BIOS to floppy, save the settings, and insert it into the system disk.