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Is there anyway to boot XP to a C: prompt and access folders on the
drive? Thank you.
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Pat Garard
It would REALLY help if we knew EXACTLY what you
are trying to do, and WHY!!
I would love to help, but cannot imagine a scenario where
Windows Explorer would not be the tool of choice!
As an afterthought, try:
Start>Run
Type in cmd and press <Enter>
WhaDaYaReckon??
--
Hope this helps!
Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.
"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.
are trying to do, and WHY!!
I would love to help, but cannot imagine a scenario where
Windows Explorer would not be the tool of choice!
As an afterthought, try:
Start>Run
Type in cmd and press <Enter>
WhaDaYaReckon??
--
Hope this helps!
Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.
"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.
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Max Burke
(e-mail address removed) scribbled:
You can by installing and using the recovery console, but you *DO* need
to know what you're doing when using the recovery console.
To install and use the recovery console look it up in your help and
support screens.
Is there anyway to boot XP to a C: prompt and access folders on the
drive? Thank you.
You can by installing and using the recovery console, but you *DO* need
to know what you're doing when using the recovery console.
To install and use the recovery console look it up in your help and
support screens.
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Gray@FA
I use it when files refuse to delete and many other reasons. But then again
I'm from the old school of hard-core DOS users and I didn't stop using DOS
until I installed Win98. Command line is just so much faster than point and
click for me.
I'm from the old school of hard-core DOS users and I didn't stop using DOS
until I installed Win98. Command line is just so much faster than point and
click for me.
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Squire
Go to the Windows Command prompt, type CD\ to put you in the Root directory.
You can go to any other directory or hard drive just like in Dos.
Most of the old Dos commands still work.
You can go to any other directory or hard drive just like in Dos.
Most of the old Dos commands still work.
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Rob Schneider
Gray@FA said:I use it when files refuse to delete and many other reasons. But then again
I'm from the old school of hard-core DOS users and I didn't stop using DOS
until I installed Win98. Command line is just so much faster than point and
click for me.
Does it not work to use the command prompt as a so-called DOS box inside
of XP? And if you want to make it seem like it's the "whole computer",
then press ALT-ENTER to make it full screen.
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
Other than to use the Repair Console, you can't.
There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS unless
you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT family of 32-bit
graphical operating systems, of which WinXP is the latest generation,
has never used or included MS-DOS. The closest they have is the
Command Prompt window.
WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT & Win2K, is a pure 32-bit GUI
OS, and does not include or "ride upon" any version of DOS, as did
Win3.x & Win9x/Me. WinXP does include a command-line emulator for
those times when GUI applets are unnecessary/redundant, but it cannot
be started in "DOS mode."
Bruce Chambers
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having both at once. -- RAH
Other than to use the Repair Console, you can't.
There is no way to reboot a WinXP PC into Real Mode DOS unless
you've set up a dual-boot system. The WinNT family of 32-bit
graphical operating systems, of which WinXP is the latest generation,
has never used or included MS-DOS. The closest they have is the
Command Prompt window.
WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT & Win2K, is a pure 32-bit GUI
OS, and does not include or "ride upon" any version of DOS, as did
Win3.x & Win9x/Me. WinXP does include a command-line emulator for
those times when GUI applets are unnecessary/redundant, but it cannot
be started in "DOS mode."
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
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Ken Blake
In
No. There is no DOS within Windows XP. You can boot from a DOS
diskette, but if your drive is NTFS, you won't be able to see it
(at least not without special software).
Is there anyway to boot XP to a C: prompt and access folders on the
drive? Thank you.
No. There is no DOS within Windows XP. You can boot from a DOS
diskette, but if your drive is NTFS, you won't be able to see it
(at least not without special software).
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Darrell
No need to do a separate boot to C:\ You can do it from within Windows XP.
In Explore, Navigate to cmd.exe. (C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe) Copy it.
Paste a shortcut to it on your desktop. Right click that shortcut, choose
Properties.... Program tab. Put C:\ in the Working slot. That way "DOS"
will always open at the C:\ prompt. It's not really DOS but it emulates
it well.
In Explore, Navigate to cmd.exe. (C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe) Copy it.
Paste a shortcut to it on your desktop. Right click that shortcut, choose
Properties.... Program tab. Put C:\ in the Working slot. That way "DOS"
will always open at the C:\ prompt. It's not really DOS but it emulates
it well.
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Gray@FA
Most of the things I use the Command line for wont work in a DOS Shell. But
then, I am slowly getting away from using DOS.
then, I am slowly getting away from using DOS.
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Rob Schneider
Gray@FA said:Most of the things I use the Command line for wont work in a DOS Shell. But
then, I am slowly getting away from using DOS.
*snip*
Oops ... I guess when you said above I thought you meant it ... silly me.
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Gray@FA
Rob Schneider said:Oops ... I guess when you said above I thought you meant it ... silly me.
I still use the DOS command line.
I do not use the DOS shell that is Windows XP.
Clear it up a little for you?
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Pat Garard
Let's try and make it clear.
Every Windows Technology (X-Windows, OS2, Mac OS)
uses a scripting foundation so that startup, shutdown, patching
and so on can take place while the GUI is not running - or more
accurately BEFORE the GUI is loaded, or AFTER the GUI
is unloaded.
What you call DOS is not DOS - it is the WinXp Command
Line Interface.
Just as OILS aint OILS, so DOS aint DOS!
Every new version of Windows sees fewer and fewer of the
old DOS Shell commands supported.
With the versatility of vbScript, it would be no surprise to
see the old DOS wither on the vine - get out while you can!
--
Hope this helps!
Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.
"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.
Every Windows Technology (X-Windows, OS2, Mac OS)
uses a scripting foundation so that startup, shutdown, patching
and so on can take place while the GUI is not running - or more
accurately BEFORE the GUI is loaded, or AFTER the GUI
is unloaded.
What you call DOS is not DOS - it is the WinXp Command
Line Interface.
Just as OILS aint OILS, so DOS aint DOS!
Every new version of Windows sees fewer and fewer of the
old DOS Shell commands supported.
With the versatility of vbScript, it would be no surprise to
see the old DOS wither on the vine - get out while you can!
--
Hope this helps!
Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.
"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.
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Pat Garard
Let's try and make it clear. Windows Explorer is NOT
DOSSHELL!!
Every Windows Technology (X-Windows, OS2, Mac OS)
uses a scripting foundation so that startup, shutdown, patching
and so on can take place while the GUI is not running - or more
accurately BEFORE the GUI is loaded, or AFTER the GUI
is unloaded.
In windows 98, this was often referred to as DOS prompt -
it emulated (pretended to be) DOS, and even gave a version
of 7.0. A major goal was to support DOS programs current
at that time.
What you call DOS is NOT DOS - it is the WinXp Command
Line Interface. (And it will support some DOS programs.)
Just as OILS aint OILS, so DOS aint DOS!
Every new version of Windows sees fewer and fewer of the
old DOS commands supported.
With the versatility of vbScript, it would be no surprise to
see the CMD.EXE wither on the vine - get out while you can!
--
Hope this helps!
Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.
"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.
DOSSHELL!!
Every Windows Technology (X-Windows, OS2, Mac OS)
uses a scripting foundation so that startup, shutdown, patching
and so on can take place while the GUI is not running - or more
accurately BEFORE the GUI is loaded, or AFTER the GUI
is unloaded.
In windows 98, this was often referred to as DOS prompt -
it emulated (pretended to be) DOS, and even gave a version
of 7.0. A major goal was to support DOS programs current
at that time.
What you call DOS is NOT DOS - it is the WinXp Command
Line Interface. (And it will support some DOS programs.)
Just as OILS aint OILS, so DOS aint DOS!
Every new version of Windows sees fewer and fewer of the
old DOS commands supported.
With the versatility of vbScript, it would be no surprise to
see the CMD.EXE wither on the vine - get out while you can!
--
Hope this helps!
Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.
"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.
G
Gray@FA
Why argue semantics?
Pat Garard said:Let's try and make it clear. Windows Explorer is NOT
DOSSHELL!!
Every Windows Technology (X-Windows, OS2, Mac OS)
uses a scripting foundation so that startup, shutdown, patching
and so on can take place while the GUI is not running - or more
accurately BEFORE the GUI is loaded, or AFTER the GUI
is unloaded.
In windows 98, this was often referred to as DOS prompt -
it emulated (pretended to be) DOS, and even gave a version
of 7.0. A major goal was to support DOS programs current
at that time.
What you call DOS is NOT DOS - it is the WinXp Command
Line Interface. (And it will support some DOS programs.)
Just as OILS aint OILS, so DOS aint DOS!
Every new version of Windows sees fewer and fewer of the
old DOS commands supported.
With the versatility of vbScript, it would be no surprise to
see the CMD.EXE wither on the vine - get out while you can!
--
Hope this helps!
Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.
"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.
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Pat Garard
"How can the Swallow understand the aspirations of the Swan?"
Cheng Sheng, Qin Dynasty.
"How can I soar with the Eagle, when I have to deal with a Turkey?"
Pat Garard, 2003
Cheng Sheng, Qin Dynasty.
"How can I soar with the Eagle, when I have to deal with a Turkey?"
Pat Garard, 2003
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Alex Nichol
Is there anyway to boot XP to a C: prompt and access folders on the
drive? Thank you.
The nearest you can achieve and have comprehensive access (as opposed to
the limited access from the repair console), is to hit F8 at the BIOS
info goes to black and from that take 'Safe Mode - Command Prompt only'.
But this is *not* a DOS , it is XP running at minimal level and running
its emulated command prompt (as you get when you run cmd.exe under the
normal desktop)
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