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I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix for
this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note "this
utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows NT."


Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a white
elephant since xp is based on nt?
Joy

In message <eet6rh$7bm$>, Joy wrote:

> I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
> allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix
> for this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note
> "this utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows
> NT."

Could try running it under FreeDOS.

Joy wrote:

> I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
> allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix
> for this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note
> "this utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows
> NT."
>
>
> Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a
> white elephant since xp is based on nt?
> Joy


Option 3) Boot to a dos floppy?
A windows 98 startup disk is native DOS isnt it?

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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:11:18 +1200, Joy wrote:

> I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
> allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix for
> this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note "this
> utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows NT."
>
>
> Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a white
> elephant since xp is based on nt?
> Joy

This might help
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art.../wxpmsdos.html

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:11:18 +1200, Joy wrote:

> Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a white
> elephant since xp is based on nt?

IT means you should download FreeDOS 1.0 and put that floppy disc into
your PC and boot from that. )


Ma Hogany

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On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:11:18 +1200, "Joy" <> wrote:

>I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
>allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix for
>this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note "this
>utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows NT."
>
>
>Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a white
>elephant since xp is based on nt?
>Joy

Because Microsoft Windows XP is NT based (Well, not realy /based/ but
rather it /is/ Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 5.1) you cant get it
to boot into MS-DOS mode as it doesnt have one. You will need an
MS-DOS boot disk

You should be able to use any MS-DOS boot disk. This includes MS-DOS
6.22 and 7. Any version of Windows 4.x (95/98/ME) should be able to
create a boot disk for you from the control panel - "Add/Remove
programs" I think. If you dont have access to any machines running
Windows 4 then I could probabily email you such a bootdisk as a
self-extracting disk image.

<dgsoftnz[nospam]gmail.invalid (David Goodwin)> wrote in message
news:...
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:11:18 +1200, "Joy" <> wrote:
>
>>I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
>>allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix
>>for
>>this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note
>>"this
>>utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows NT."
>>
>>
>>Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a
>>white
>>elephant since xp is based on nt?
>>Joy
>
> Because Microsoft Windows XP is NT based (Well, not realy /based/ but
> rather it /is/ Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 5.1) you cant get it
> to boot into MS-DOS mode as it doesnt have one. You will need an
> MS-DOS boot disk
>
> You should be able to use any MS-DOS boot disk. This includes MS-DOS
> 6.22 and 7. Any version of Windows 4.x (95/98/ME) should be able to
> create a boot disk for you from the control panel - "Add/Remove
> programs" I think. If you dont have access to any machines running
> Windows 4 then I could probabily email you such a bootdisk as a
> self-extracting disk image.

No, none of our machines have floppy drives and I do have a 98boot disc
somewhere. Could I write that to CD, I think the cdrom is first to boot on
that pc.
Joy

"MaHogany" <> wrote in message
news...
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:11:18 +1200, Joy wrote:
>
>> Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a
>> white
>> elephant since xp is based on nt?
> IT means you should download FreeDOS 1.0 and put that floppy disc into
> your PC and boot from that. )

Thanks, I didn't know about FreeDOS 1.0 and I would have to write it to CD,
no floppy drives anywhere in the house anymore!
Joy

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:58:14 +1200, Joy wrote:

>
> <dgsoftnz[nospam]gmail.invalid (David Goodwin)> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:11:18 +1200, "Joy" <> wrote:
>>
>>>I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
>>>allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix
>>>for
>>>this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note
>>>"this
>>>utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows NT."
>>>
>>>
>>>Does this mean I can't use the fix and that I've spent good money on a
>>>white
>>>elephant since xp is based on nt?
>>>Joy
>>
>> Because Microsoft Windows XP is NT based (Well, not realy /based/ but
>> rather it /is/ Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 5.1) you cant get it
>> to boot into MS-DOS mode as it doesnt have one. You will need an
>> MS-DOS boot disk
>>
>> You should be able to use any MS-DOS boot disk. This includes MS-DOS
>> 6.22 and 7. Any version of Windows 4.x (95/98/ME) should be able to
>> create a boot disk for you from the control panel - "Add/Remove
>> programs" I think. If you dont have access to any machines running
>> Windows 4 then I could probabily email you such a bootdisk as a
>> self-extracting disk image.
>
> No, none of our machines have floppy drives and I do have a 98boot disc
> somewhere. Could I write that to CD, I think the cdrom is first to boot on
> that pc.
> Joy

http://www.allbootdisks.com/index.ph...r&filecatid=88

On 2006-09-21, Joy <> wrote:
> I have a new pioneer dvd writer loaded on another machine which refuses to
> allow a change of region, it's set to region one. Pioneer EU has a fix for
> this and the first command is "Boot the PC in real MS-DOS mode", note "this
> utility works neither on MS-DOS window, on Windows9x nor Windows NT."

download a freedos, opendos, or rsdos doot disk image and write it to a
floppy, of if you've got 98 95 or me boot the recovery floppy.

Bye.
Jasen