MS-DOS Directory Changes

[Josh]

How come when I try to change to a different directory
like A:\ in MS-DOS it does not change to that drive but
instead stays on the C:\ drive? Does anyone know how to
change properly in MS-DOS b/c this was the way I thought
that you did it, but it is not working. Thanks in advance
for any and all help.

 

[David Candy]

a:

or

cd /d a:\

 

[Jim Macklin]

If you are using DOS or a command line in the Windows XP
"cmd.exe" (start/run- cmd)
the method to change a directory or drive is type the
command "cd a:" or what ever drive letter. The colon is
required. You can move up by typing "cd \"

Do start/run cmd then type cd \? to get a list of the
commands available.


| How come when I try to change to a different directory
| like A:\ in MS-DOS it does not change to that drive but
| instead stays on the C:\ drive? Does anyone know how to
| change properly in MS-DOS b/c this was the way I thought
| that you did it, but it is not working. Thanks in advance
| for any and all help.

 

[Ray at]

You can have a different current path for each drive. For example:

D:\Path>CD C:\SomePath
D:\Path>C:
C:\SomePath>

You have to enter driveletter: to switch to that drive. If you CD, it will
change the path for that drive, but keep you in the same one you're already
in.

Ray at home

 

[falcon]

Apparantly you don't even know Windows XP, and now you
are trying to "learn" DOS. Get a book! Read! Learn!

 

[NobodyMan]

How come when I try to change to a different directory
like A:\ in MS-DOS it does not change to that drive but
instead stays on the C:\ drive? Does anyone know how to
change properly in MS-DOS b/c this was the way I thought
that you did it, but it is not working. Thanks in advance
for any and all help.

You don't do anything in MS-DOS because it doen't exist in any way,
shape or form in WindowsXP.

 

[Interspatial]

Dont like to state the obvious but, is there a disk in A: ?