Starting the Computer in MS-DOS

Hi

I'm needing to start the computer in MS-DOS but can't remember how to do it!
Any suggestions?

I'm actually trying to run a scandisk & defrag on the computer, but despite
ensuring all active processes were shut down the scandisk keeps restarting. I
tried setting up a task at startup but that hasn't worked any better.

Err Msg: ScanDisk Has Restarted 10 Times Because Windows...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;222469

John

Gnomey wrote:

Hi

I'm needing to start the computer in MS-DOS but can't remember how to do it!
Any suggestions?

I'm actually trying to run a scandisk & defrag on the computer, but despite
ensuring all active processes were shut down the scandisk keeps restarting. I
tried setting up a task at startup but that hasn't worked any better.

Try running Scandisk and Defrag while in Safe Mode - it's often the AV that
causes this type of problem.

To boot to Safe Mode, tap the F8 key about once per second during the POST
routine - you should end up in the Startup menu

To boot to DOS in ME - use a Windows Startup Disk

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Hi

I'm needing to start the computer in MS-DOS but can't remember how to do
it!
Any suggestions?

I'm actually trying to run a scandisk & defrag on the computer, but
despite
ensuring all active processes were shut down the scandisk keeps
restarting. I
tried setting up a task at startup but that hasn't worked any better.