Does this version still have the DOS command prompt and so will it read a DOS
file from a floppy disk??

Mike

No, not exactly. Bill Gates "exited" from a DOS command prompt back during
the launch of Windows XP, however there is a Command Prompt in which you can
run some of the regular "DOS" commands. What is the purpose of what you're
trying to do?
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"mlk55248123" <mlk55248123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16FE365E-32CB-494A-BE43-4F058B233320@microsoft.com...
> Does this version still have the DOS command prompt and so will it read a
> DOS
> file from a floppy disk??
>
> Mike

There is a command prompt:

Start -> Run -> Cmd

There is no such thing as a "DOS" file. DOS used a file system called FAT.
FAT can be read by Explorer, or the command interpreter etc, so "yes", you
can access files on your floppy disk.

Cheers
Ken

"mlk55248123" <mlk55248123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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: Does this version still have the DOS command prompt and so will it read a
DOS
: file from a floppy disk??
:
: Mike

In article <exNGZguLFHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, in the
microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc news group, Chris H.
<winxpnews********.com> says...

> No, not exactly. Bill Gates "exited" from a DOS command prompt back during
> the launch of Windows XP, however there is a Command Prompt in which you can
> run some of the regular "DOS" commands. What is the purpose of what you're
> trying to do?
>

Actually in XP there are two command interpreters, command.com and
cmd.exe.
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'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures,
will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend
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