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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (4173)	12/12/1998 12:46:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) of 14778

Seems like the NT dos prompt would be sufficient for the time being. I'll give this a shot..someone correct me if I am wrong. If you just want to run some basic DOS programs the NT DOS prompt will work. I have a Quattro Pro DOS spread sheet that works fine in an NT DOS window. I also use my old favorite file utility XTREE GOLD in an NT DOS Window. This option is resident inside NT. I can not run my DOS CAD application in an NT DOS window as it needs more control of the computer than NT DOS will allow. This program must be run in a REAL DOS installation. If your intent is to fix NT using DOS you will need a separate REAL DOS installation. The pseudo NT DOS will not make it. I know of two ways to use REAL DOS. The first is to install DOS on the harddrive before you install NT. Then when you install NT it will detect the DOS installation and set up a dual boot for you. Then at boot you will be able to select DOS as your operating system or NT. Spots indicated that you can install DOS after NT has been installed but it is not a straight forward procedure. I do not know the procedure with other boot managers but am interested in how they work 'after the fact' ie If NT is installed first is it a straight forward procedure to install DOS or Win95 or both? The second option for REAL DOS is to boot it from a floppy or JAZ or LS120 or ZIP or second harddrive. The floppy DOS boot is not that tough, just best addressed as a separate issue so as not to confuse. wouldn't the boot manager boot real dos from the same installed dos needed by NT for the NT dos prompt NO. I would not characterize the NT DOS prompt as coming from installed DOS. It is more like limited DOS sufficient to run some of your old DOS programs. I don't have a handle on NTFS DOS yet except it is a way around the harddrive formatting issue. REAL DOS will not see an NTFS harddrive format. Zeuspaul

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