I am running windows ME and was wondering how I could create a boot disk that would boot me straight into DOS, so that I could play some old DOS games. Is their an easy way to do this? I haven't worked much in DOS before so I am not very experienced in that environment. Thank

Not too sure about ME BUT in XP you right click on the "A" drive and click format, then just check the "create n MS-DOS startup disk" Hope this helps Let me know please, I'm curious now! Matt

hello goto start,settings,control panel,add/remove,and click on tab create boot disk put in floppy in drive.click ok

is it the same as 98 then????

I wouldn't use a windows me start up disk it's too limiting. goto bootdisk.com or some place like that if you don't have access to win 98. then you can edit it like the config.sys and autoexec.bat files to give you menu options. be carefull to have the boot disk not point to the command.com in windows me. because of the different version it most likely would give you an error. so if you're using a boot disk just for DOS I'd make the paths in the msdos.sys point to a:\ instead of c:\windows. http://www.thegorx.net/Windows/Help/BootNew.htm Conventional and Upper Memory http://thegorx.net/Windows/Dos.htm for running in DOS you'll most likely want to use the load high commands. then also getting you sound card working in DOS sometimes can be a chore too. I suggest taking things one step at a time taking notes and printing out info so you'll have it while in DOS. It took me hours the first time I setup for playing a DOS game outside of windows. It wasn't as easy as I though it would be. I would be more help but this topic is too broad. If after you try a few things you might have a more specific question that would be easier to answer. TheGorx TheGorx - Windows Help

also you'll most likely want to use the line DEVICE=A:\EMM386.exe RAM instead of DEVICE=A:\EMM386.exe NOEMS you game might want ems memory