DOS

[Erich Ritz]

Windows XP is stupid! When I reboot in DOS mode, it
won't recognize my c: drive. The only two drives it
recognizes are a: and b: (which both happen to be my
floppy/cd-rom drive). I have a very strong feeling that
this has to do with the presence of XP and/or the
microsoft corporation's intentional non-functionality of
DOS on computers that run XP as the native OS. If this
helps anyone, I have Dell Latitude D800. If nobody can
help me, I will install pure DOS on my computer when I
get around to installing Linux. Oh, by the way, Linux
will be my native OS when I get around to installing it.

 

[Testy]

Stupid is as stupid does. XP is NOT Dos based.

Testy

 

[Tom Lake]

Windows XP is stupid! When I reboot in DOS mode, it

won't recognize my c: drive. The only two drives it
recognizes are a: and b: (which both happen to be my
floppy/cd-rom drive). I have a very strong feeling that
this has to do with the presence of XP and/or the
microsoft corporation's intentional non-functionality of
DOS on computers that run XP as the native OS.

XP isn't stupid, DOS is stupid. You probably have the hard drive formatted
as NTFS. While that makes excellent sense if you're only using XP, DOS
can't read that format and so doesn't recognize the disk at all. You seem
to be one of those people who sees conspiracies around ever corner and who
thought that "X-Files" was a documentary. If you don't even know the
difference between FAT and NTFS, you will REALLY be lost in Linux where all
the things you take for granted with Windows are manual operations. You
want to go? So go already! You and Linux deserve each other.

Tom Lake

 

[Rob Schneider]

Windows XP is stupid! When I reboot in DOS mode, it
won't recognize my c: drive. The only two drives it
recognizes are a: and b: (which both happen to be my
floppy/cd-rom drive). I have a very strong feeling that
this has to do with the presence of XP and/or the
microsoft corporation's intentional non-functionality of
DOS on computers that run XP as the native OS. If this
helps anyone, I have Dell Latitude D800. If nobody can
help me, I will install pure DOS on my computer when I
get around to installing Linux. Oh, by the way, Linux
will be my native OS when I get around to installing it.

There is no DOS in XP. Don't try to make it be what it is not.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Windows XP is stupid! When I reboot in DOS mode, it
won't recognize my c: drive. The only two drives it
recognizes are a: and b: (which both happen to be my
floppy/cd-rom drive). I have a very strong feeling that
this has to do with the presence of XP and/or the
microsoft corporation's intentional non-functionality of
DOS on computers that run XP as the native OS.

First of all what do you mean by "reboot in DOS mode"? Windows
has no DOS mode, because it's not built on DOS. That "intentional
non-functionality of DOS on computers that run XP as the native
OS," as you put it, is the reason why it's a better and more
stable version of Windows than Windows 9X.

Have you booted from a DOS diskette or are dual-booting to a
DOS-based operating system? Those are the only ways to do this.
If that's what's what you mean, then the reason it won't
recognize your C: drive is because it uses the NTFS file system,
which DOS can't see. That's a weakness of DOS, not of Windows XP.

However, the problem can be overcome. Download NTFSDOS at
http://www.pillar-solutions.com/html/ntfsdos_professional.asp

If nobody can help me, I will install pure DOS on my computer
when I get around to installing Linux. Oh, by the way, Linux
will be my native OS when I get around to installing it.

That's fine. I'm not sure why you're telling us that--you make it
sound like you think it's a threat--but you are of course free to
install and run any operating system you want to. I, for one,
don't care at all what you run, and I suspect that nobody else
here does either.

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Good for you!

 

[Erich Ritz]

Yes, the hard drive is formatted as NTFS. I didn't
realize that until after I made my post. I happened to
be really upset at the time. One of the reasons I want
to install Linux is that it doesn't do everything for
you. I will have more control. That's the point.

 

[Erich]

I used a boot disk, and it didn't recognize c: becuase it
is NTFS, not FAT.

 

[Shootist]

There is no DOS but there is a command window you can use. Start\run type cmd hit enter. Also there
is MSDOS it's in the Windows \system32 folder.


--
Shootist


| Windows XP is stupid! When I reboot in DOS mode, it
| won't recognize my c: drive. The only two drives it
| recognizes are a: and b: (which both happen to be my
| floppy/cd-rom drive). I have a very strong feeling that
| this has to do with the presence of XP and/or the
| microsoft corporation's intentional non-functionality of
| DOS on computers that run XP as the native OS. If this
| helps anyone, I have Dell Latitude D800. If nobody can
| help me, I will install pure DOS on my computer when I
| get around to installing Linux. Oh, by the way, Linux
| will be my native OS when I get around to installing it.

 

[Shootist]

Update; It's Command.com
And it reads NTFS HDD.


--
Shootist


| Windows XP is stupid! When I reboot in DOS mode, it
| won't recognize my c: drive. The only two drives it
| recognizes are a: and b: (which both happen to be my
| floppy/cd-rom drive). I have a very strong feeling that
| this has to do with the presence of XP and/or the
| microsoft corporation's intentional non-functionality of
| DOS on computers that run XP as the native OS. If this
| helps anyone, I have Dell Latitude D800. If nobody can
| help me, I will install pure DOS on my computer when I
| get around to installing Linux. Oh, by the way, Linux
| will be my native OS when I get around to installing it.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I used a boot disk, and it didn't recognize c: becuase it
is NTFS, not FAT.

Yes, both of those things are what I said below.

The solution to your problem is also stated below.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

You are totally baffled by a small, well known, condition such as this, yet
you are going to use Linux?

You'll have your head up your butt within 2 days, if you ever get it
running!

 

[tamerlane]

For a visual depiction of statement #2, see:
http://www.headupthebuttawards.com/pics/hutb2.jpg

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

(-:

For a visual depiction of statement #2, see:
http://www.headupthebuttawards.com/pics/hutb2.jpg

 

[Steve Shattuck]

Windows XP is stupid!
TPLBTCATC

When I reboot in DOS mode, it
won't recognize my c: drive.

There is no such thing as DOS mode, so I'll assume you have used a DOS boot disk. You can either boot to your CD or download the multiple-disk boot disk available at www.micrisoft.com or www.bootdisk.com. Then you will be able to see your NTFS drive.

The only two drives it
recognizes are a: and b: (which both happen to be my
floppy/cd-rom drive).

That's probably because you have the C: drive formatted in NTFS. See solution above.

I have a very strong feeling that
this has to do with the presence of XP and/or the
microsoft corporation's intentional non-functionality of
DOS on computers that run XP as the native OS.

Better to blame Microsoft for your obvious self-inflicted problems.

If this helps anyone, I have Dell Latitude D800.

It doesn't the problems is in the chair.

If nobody can
help me, I will install pure DOS on my computer when I
get around to installing Linux. Oh, by the way, Linux
will be my native OS when I get around to installing it.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

 

[Anon y mous]

XP can be configured to be more in user control like W98...
"classic mode"

 

[VManes]

XP can be configured to be more in user control like W98...
"classic mode"

That just changes the face. MS and XP still control damn near everything -
if XP don't see it, it must not exist. What do you do when it doesn't
recognize your mouse for what it really is - you get a dumbed down set of
configuration options. Can you force the choice of mice? No.

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[Lorne Smith]

It's still NOT DOS, it's an emulator that can only run within Windows,
therefore Windows is handling the filesystem so of course it can read
NTFS...