Roy Witt wrote to Kevin Klement on Thursday March 03 2011 at 13:58:   
      
   RW> After closing my reader yesterday, I looked at the folders on C: and   
   RW> there is one named MSDOS7, which has the DOS files in it. I'm thinking   
   RW> about updating W2k to XP and am now curious as to what that OS's DOS   
   RW> will be named.   
      
   Actually nothing. You have a "command prompt" which gives you a DOS screen,   
   and an "autoexec.nt" and "config.nt" in \windows\system32 that do what they do   
   under DOS when you're running a DOS session. The versions in the root C: are   
   just zero-byte dummies, but required for booting. You can also set the   
   parameters for individual DOS sessions individually.   
      
   WinXP is an independent graphical OS, not merely a graphical add-on to an   
   underlying DOS system.   
      
   Why not install a VM (such as MS Virtual PC - free) - and set it up with WinXP   
   as a guest system just to get a feel for it? That doesn't affect your present   
   setup and helps you get used to a new system without risk.   
      
   Cheers, Bob   
      
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