Author: Benny Ng
Date: 21:50:46 04/05/01
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On April 05, 2001 at 16:58:43, Pete Galati wrote: >On April 05, 2001 at 16:14:10, Scott Gasch wrote: > >>On April 05, 2001 at 05:59:39, Jason Williamson wrote: >>> >>>As I do, but in general, most home users have no need for Win2k. >>> >> >>That's a strange statement. I'd argue that anyone who doesn't like their >>computer crashing has a need for win2k (or something else besides 9x/ME). You >>know the next version of Windows for home users will be based on the NT kernel >>(like Win2k). So apparently Microsoft has finally concluded that home users >>need the stability and security of a serious operating system... > >My experience with Windows ME is that I've had one thing or another crash about >everyday, it's helped to go into msconfig and remove a few things from startup >(be very carefull!) but the thing still goes and bites me more often than I can >stand. > >I've been considering upgrading it to 2000 for a while, but because of the cost >I've avoided the thing so far (for me it's cheaper to crash). > >Does Windows 2000 have the ability to start into Dos without a boot floppy? > >Pete No! I'm using Win2k right now, and I'm very happy with it's performance. But no, you cannot start into Dos without a boot floppy. And if you format your harddisk using NTFS (not FAT/FAT32 like Win9x), you must use a "special" boot floopy to start into Dos. Benny Ng
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