Sorry Troth I didn't make myself very clear. I was talking about if you can't actually boot into XP and so cannot access "cmd". When I've previously tried to access DOS on XP using a Win98 disk (above scenario) it just came up with "wrong version of DOS" or something similar ~ it was a while ago. Ange Faith_unlimited Locustchewed ...under restoration!!¿!! http://www.geocities.com/locustchewed/outanabout.html ~~~~~The Chewy Reply Separator~~~~~ You can go to START > RUN > type in 'cmd' without the quotes and that'll = get you to the DOS prompt. While not true DOS, you can do many of the = same tasks. So, really depends on what you need to do. The BETTER way is = to get a Win98 Startup Disk and use that. And, with that Win98 Startup = Disk, you add a few extra commands that can come in of use (ie. = SMARTDRIVE, DELTREE, etc). ____________________________________ Sir Troth ICQ #1717439 AIM/AOL: SirTrothX Yahoo: SirTroth MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx (do not email me here) My Personal Email: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/