Category: Ms dos

How to start windows xp in ms dos mode?

How to Start a Computer in DOS Mode in Windows XP Close any open programs and restart your computer. If it’s already off, start it up. Press the “F8” button on your keyboard repeatedly when the first boot menu appears. The “Windows Advanced Options Menu” should appear Press the down arrow key on your keyboard […]

How to install ms dos on virtualbox?

Navigate to where you downloaded the setup disks and double click on disk one. Close the virtual machine’s windows and select “Power off the machine”. Then press “OK” Agian, double click on the virtual machine that you created for DOS. Follow the setup instructions to install DOS 6.22. Use defaults all the way until the […]

Will ms dos run on a newer computer?

Since MS-DOS is based on old APM BIOS technology, it’s not 100% compatible with newer gear which these days uses EFI rather than Flash BIOS (ACPI). In essence, this causes the appliance to hog CPU resources since MS-DOS has zero concept of scheduling. How hard is it to get DOS to run on newer computers? […]