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It sounds like you're asking how to boot a Vista PC into MS-DOS. You'll need to create a bootable MS-DOS CD. If you search on the internet for "bootable MS-DOS CD", then you'll find instructions on how to do that.

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Q: How do you open MS-DOS from outside the OS on a machine running Windows Vista?
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