I bought a Windows Xp and realised that it didn't have Dos. I need Dos for a lot of programs I use a lot and because I sorda like Dos games. How do I install it?
Thanks

robert dorland

If you install DOS first, then XP, the XP install will set up a dual boot.

There's no easy way to install DOS AFTER XP.

If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

M2

MEchanix2Go is right if you want traditional dos then you will have to remove XP, then make a FAT 16 partiton (however big but only up to 2047MB big in total) then install DOS and then install xp to another partition. Or you could use a program called DosBox it is a DOS emulator that will work on xp and does require a little bit of setting up, however the few times i have used it for games (Discworld,Dune,Dune2,DukeNukem and a few others) it has worked perfectly.

Or, install '98 on a first partition, do the "bootgui=0" trick, and then install X tra P utrid

Have you tried START/RUN enter COMMAND

I believe this provides a dos emulator.

Good Luck - Keep us posted.

XP does not have MS-DOS in Standalone Mode, it has:

NT Command Prompt = CMD.EXE:

http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/index.html
http://www.ss64.com/nt/

&
NTVDM = COMMAND.COM (emulated MS-DOS)

The biggest difference is that NT based O/S do not allow direct port access:

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/226/03/toc.html

So yes DOSBOX is the answer:

http://tinyurl.com/pwwzy

Look at http://www.freedos.org or http://www.drdos.org. There you will find a answer at the FAQ.

You can install FreeDOS after your
malware XP supposing it is installed on a
FAT32 partition. If not, you probably have
to convert it, or reinstall on an empty HD.
FreeDOS supports FAT32 and partitions >2GB
and includes a dual-boot menu. Finally,
you can ignore XP and not use it at all, like
me. :-)

A safe way to enable plain and full DOS facilieties is to install and run DOS *inside* an emulated computer (box).

Bochs offers for free what you pay to Microsoft for VirtualPC. Download Bochs from http://bochs.sourceforge.net and after installed download and install FreeDOS inside the virtual machine you defined using an iso image CD without burning.

The process outlined above requires some work, but it is worth of it and eventually it works like a charm.

You can either go with Bochs as mentioned above or http://free.oszoo.org/ (QEMU emulator + FreeDOS) or, alternatively, something more specifically geared towards games http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 - complete DOS emulator.

I have some DOS programs that I need to run on a Dell Latitude D610 that has XP SP2.

My DOS programs use the laptop's parallel port to configure and read data from some electronic test equipment.

Do the emulators mentioned in the earlier responses above provide access to the I/O ports?

I understand that Windows does not allow software to have direct access to the parallel port, hence my question.

Thanks.