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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, xtr176246 wrote:

> I just checked on an old W95 machine I have.
>
> 1. Hitting F8 followed by F5 starts W95 in safe mode.
> 2. Hitting F8 then selecting option 5 (Starting with a command line) then 
> answering all the questions with "n" gives you the ability to start Dos by 
> itself.

Does this start DOS without any system files (autoexec.bat and 
config.sys)?

> Theo
>
> sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > > > Can you go straight into DOS without system
> > > > files on a Win9x computer?
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't ask me.  No Windows here.
> >
> >
> > You can, I just checked.  But you may need to edit msdos.sys first to not 
> > go into Windows, then hit F5.  Can someone else check if you can hit F8 
> > followed by F5 instead?
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Steven
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