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March 29th, 2015 11:00

access to MS-DOS operating system in a Dell Dimension 2400 series computer with Windows XT as a default startup sequence

I am trying to access the MS-DOS in order to reformat the C hard drive to delete data before I junk the computer.   Does anyone know how to access the MS-DOS MODE in this computer ?   Thank you.

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March 29th, 2015 15:00

DBAN will wipe the hard drive, but reformatting won't.

You can bring up a command prompt clicking Run on the task bar and entering 'cmd'.

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March 31st, 2015 17:00

Thanks for the great tip.   I will definitely try it.  

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