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REAL-MODE DOS HAS GONE (WINME)

Yes, with Windows ME you can no longer boot to Real-Mode DOS, as you could under Windows 95 and 98. But DOS hasn't completely disappeared. There is still the "DOS box", called MS-DOS Prompt, which can be reached from the Start Menu. And you can still boot to DOS on a bootable floppy disk. But in many ways that expert users of Windows will lament, DOS is on its way out. For example, you might still see the files AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS in your root directory, but if you try to edit them in order to make changes to the boot sequence, the changes won't stick the next time you boot. And another consequence of the near disappearance of DOS is that you can no longer use the "FORMAT /S" command to format a bootable floppy disk. The only way to create bootable disk is through the Add/Remove Programs applet in Control Panel, on the Startup Disk tab.