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Can't boot in dos mode

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by johnan

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I have used ME for a long time now, and I am satisfied with this "OS". The problem bigin when I used Partition Magic 5.0 and moved and rezized some of my Linux/SWAP/Fat32 partitions.
Parition Magic could not execute the changes I made, because WinME would not boot in Dos mode. What can I do to solve this problem, do I have to boot from My floppy ?

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by bogdan_pana

In the [Options] tab of MSDOS.SYS add the line: BOOTWIN=0 so your computer will boot in ms-dos mode. Changing the value to 1 will start the computer in Windows mode.
Good Luck.

by geroxx

I could be wrong here....but... I thought WinME did not have 'DOS'. I would say that you will have to make a good boot floppy with whatever DOS commands you are going to need and go that route.

Again, I could be wrong but I hope this helps.Gary

by spn

I think geroxx is right as far as i remember me only runs an emulated dos enviroment,you'll need a win95 or win98 bootdisk.

by ryasth

The two previous replies are correct. There is no DOS boot with WinME as the default O/S. You will need to set LiLo boot as default and then set a partition for MS-DOS. It may taking and reinstalling all over again. Partition Magic will not correctthis for you. WinME ,(if needing a DOS environment), cannot be the default booting O/S. If you need the evironment of DOS try using a simulator built for ME. Most games are compatible when using these. Most manufactures of games are now posting them on thier websites so that people can still use thier games.

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