I have a windows 2000 and I need to install MSDOS on my system, can anyone be of help?

I can't load any OS on my systems.
for example- win , 98, 2000 and XP- its gets to setup and get stuck.
I loaded win 98 on a Hard drive from another system and it hangs on putting into my system

If your Win2K is already on an NTFS partition, then you're likely SOL...

http://www.bcpl.net/~dbryan/ntfs-dual-boot.html

Want to replace W2000 with M$-DOS ?

Erase W2000 with DBAN first.

Don't forget to backup your data before:
To FD, CD, USB, ...

Then install like on a new PC.

Beware: M$-DOS supports only small HD's
(up to cca 2GB), so you might try
FreeDOS insead (up to (?) 128 GB).

You could use something liek VMWARE or Virtual pc

Woof

Always proof-read carefully to see if you any words out.

DOS ideally needs to be on the first partition C: Alternatively search GOOGLE for DOSBOX which is an EMULATOR for running DOS Software.

Why do you need to do this?

Have you tried clicking:-

START - RUN - enter COMMAND (Hey Presto DOS)

Good Luck - Keep us posted.

Windows 2000 does not have MS-DOS:

CMD.EXE is NT COMMAND PROMPT

COMMAND.EXE is NTVDM (NT Virtual DOS Machine {emulated MS-DOS})

franki,

get over it

============================
C:\temp\->ver

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

C:\temp\->mem

655360 bytes total conventional memory
655360 bytes available to MS-DOS
595184 largest executable program size

1048576 bytes total contiguous extended memory
0 bytes available contiguous extended memory
941056 bytes available XMS memory
MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area

C:\temp\->
==========================

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

M2

It says "available to MS-DOS", I do not see anything to do with MS-DOS here except it has allocated memory for using MS-DOS software. One can achieve this effect on other O/Ses, so no nothing to get over, it is not MS-DOS as already stated.

Roll on Vista with no 16bit sub-system whatsoever..

I guess you didn't read this far:

"MS-DOS resident in High Memory Area"

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

M2

It is emulated 16 bit sub-system:

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

You know it is not MS-DOS Standalone stop winding................................

The title of the forum does state not the COMMAND PROMPT etcetcetc

use partition magic to open free space before windows about 40mb then format it to fat then install dos there.

you can hide it from the operating system then use a bat file or mbr utility to unhide it to boot to windows or dos.
at start up