Windows XP does not have 'proper' dos, but it does have a command prompt which is a lot like dos.
You can access a DOS-like command prompt before booting Windows XP by first restarting your computer and before the Windows XP loading screen appears, repeatedly hit the 'F8' key on your keyboard. This will give you boot up options. One of them will be 'Safe Mode with Command Prompt'. This is the same command prompt that would appear if you hit [Windows]+[R] key in Windows and typed 'cmd' and then hit enter.
Access the hardware directly: possible in DOS, not possible in Windows.
DOS is a command line interface, Windows (starting at Win95) is a graphical user interface.
Windows has a graphical interface while DOS is a command line interface.
Windows is better than DOS in many ways 1. Windows is graphical user interface while DOS is command line interface. 2. Windows has more security than DOS. 3. Windows supports a large number of applications and utilities that are not supported by DOS. 4. Windows is more user friendly and widely accepted. 5. Windows allows easy networking and network mapping. 6. Windows allows interactive troubleshooting. 7. Windows uses hybrid kernel while DOS uses monolithic kernel. 8. Windows (Xp onwards) supports plug and play devices while DOS doesnt. The list is endless.
If you are trying to access a Windows partition on your hard drive, this is not easily possible from DOS. DOS can only read FAT partitions, while modern versions of Windows typically use NTFS. Also, DOS cannot access hard drives on a SATA controller unless the controller is set to "Legacy" or emulation mode.
Well, with MS-DOS the user communicates directly to operating system by using a variety of commands that can perform tasks and actions. MS-Windows is graphical, to navigate the operating system you click different parts such as the taskbar, desktop icons to access certain parts of the operating system. Intergration: MS-DOS can be accessed through a Windows based operating system by going to 'command promt' or 'CMD.exe'
If you are talking of DOS OS, no it is not possible as DOS is a single user, single tasking OS but if you are talking of Windows then yes you can open multiple DOS windows and do different work.. But please remember that this is the properties of Windows, not DOS..
Think you can only run simulated DOS environment in windows. Depends on versions of windows you can follow 1->2a->3 or 1->2b->3 to start DOS prompt. 1. Click "Start" -> "Run" 2a. Type "command" then click "Enter" 2b. Type "cmd" then click "Enter" 3. You should now see a DOS box.
The DIR or directory command is located in the system32 directory of Windows. It is an executable file that gives DOS access to a user.
Yes, both versions of Windows use DOS..
In Windows, to bring up the DOS screen, simply go to the start menu, choose RUN, and enter CMD. You can also access the DOS screen from Windows during startup by hitting F8 during the boot process and choosing COMMAND PROMPT.
Delete DOS. Linux is much better because we have a penguin while Windows people have a dumb paperclip.