I run 2000 and ME in a dual boot system. My 2000 allows me to boot to a command prompt, but while it resembles DOS it is not DOS. And, it's extremely limited...only a few real commands which might let me reconstruct a file directory or some such thing.
I assume XP's system, sharing a common heritage with 2000, would be similar.
There is a "command.com" interpreter in XP, though. Just tap <start-run-command.com> and it'll bring up a prompt. Most DOS programs run under this window, on my 2000 machine...should be very similar on XP. And, thanks to it running in a virtual machine, if it crashes it doesn't bring down the whole system!
Cant hurt to try!
-- Chuck Knight |