Can't restart in DOS

[gmcpher196]

went to upgrade my video BIOS and windows98 would not restart in MS-DOS mode ended up having to use a boot disk to get into DOS, any help would be appreciated.
System:
ASUS P3B-F, P-3 700, 128 Mb PC-133 ,8.4 and 15 Gig Maxtor Hard Drives. Hercules Prophet Ge-Force 2 MX

[TechJumper]

I am running win2k and that is my only solution too. I was trying to reformat, and I had to insert boot disk to get to dos... hmmmm.

Mike

[BFlurie]

More info. Does it restart into Windows OK? How are you trying to get to DOS -- during startup, or from Windows with Start/ Run/ Restart in DOS mode? What exactly happens when you try?

[This message has been edited by BFlurie (edited 11-02-2000).]

[OuTpaTienT]

yep, that'll work for gmcpher196.

but not for you TechJumper. If you're running Win2k, then you have no DOS. You can run a DOS window AFTER you boot into Windoze, but there is no DOS before Windoze boots.

A start-up disk is your only option. (unless I'm mistakin')

[gmcpher196]

When I'm in windows and try to restart in MS-DOS mode the computer goes into windows. I'm running 98

[BFlurie]

gmcpher, just go into C:\windows & delete any files called:

Exit To DOS
Dosprompt
Exitto~1

Now try it.

[toms111]

During boot up, hit f8 just as windows starts to load. It will give you a menu of choices like "safe mode" and "Safe Mode with Networkorking" etc. Select "comand prompt only". For most purposes, this is the same as dos mode.