aisis said:
enabling the USB keyboard support solved my problem. But when I want to use
the Command Prompt by Shift+F5 . The boot ask me to select a command
intepreter. So I just type COMMAND.COM but it doesn't work. So I go to look
for COMMAND.COM in C drive and I found it in system32. So I copy it and paste
it in boot floppy. Then I boot it, the boot ask me again, so I key in
COMMAND.COM
and the boot says Invalid DOS version.
Side point - just butting in. It says "Incorrect DOS version". As
oppose to the Win 9X and old DOS ones which say "Incorrect MS-DOS
version" when run in a different version of DOS (I have a copy of the
win98 one in a directory and looked in it, the words are written in
there, similarly with the win xp one, and all commands).
So where to find COMMAND,COM that
compatible to my boot floppy?
When booting off a floppy, you will get the command.com error if either
a) command.com is corrupt
b) the path isn't set to refer to it
And as you say, you want the right dos version too.
If you had a Win 98 machine around, you could easily make a boot disk
with the command "sys a:" But those days are past.
go to
www.bootdisk.com and download a Windows 98 Boot disk. That will
have 'a','b' and the right version of command.com.
You could make an 'msdos boot disk' from windows xp too, but
www.bootdisk.com is more of a standard way!
You shouldn't be doing SHIFT+F5 I think that is for Windows XP Safe
Command Prompt Only. Once you've got as far as a windows xp menu,
you are technically in win xp, you haven't booted (Win 9X) off the
floppy.
You want to go to your BIOS and set the boot sequence to check Floppy
first. Then reboot, and it should take you to a command prompt (and
not give an error about command.com). It'll be an. A prompt (or if the
win98 boot disk creates a ram disk, then a C prompt) . Then you know
it's correctly booted off the floppy.
Note. If you get a C prompt, that is not your NTFS drive. NTFS drives
aren't recognized naturally. It will see FAT32 drives naturally. If
you have none of them and you get a C prompt, it'll be a RAMDRIVE
created by that particular type of Win 9X boot disk. So, your NTFS
drives when you run the NTFS in DOS program will be D,E. e.t.c..
Regarding NTFS in DOS programs.
There is
NTFS4DOS(by datapol), <-- probably good, worth a try. i haven't
tried it.
NTFSDOS and NTFSDOS PRO (by the famous "sysinternals") <-- great. but
not free
NTFSREAD by ntfs.com <-- free, rubbish and only reads
To this issue of reading/writing NTFS drives.
Many people use Win XP PE. It's like a cut down Win XP on a CD.
Or put the HDD into another Win XP machine as a secondary drive (since
Win XP can read/write NTFS partitions)
This thing boot successfully from floppy. But I'm facing a problem, the
keyboard is not responding, i can't type anything in NTFS4DOS. But I can use
the keyboard in normal windows and access BIOS.
for completeness, i'll mention some possiblities that haven't been
mentioned,
-your computer is old and doesn't support USB very well.
-Your BIOS isn't up to date to support USB properly .
-Your MBRD is using WakeOn or WakeUp or "Wake up" or whatever it's
called, USB. Powering them from 5V SB / 5VSB, and the bad PSU isn't
supplying enough amps on that purple wire.
I suggest as David Lipman said, that you look in your BIOS to get your
USB keyboard and Mouse detected. The option is hidden sometimes.
For some ideas on where in the BIOS the setting is
In the "Phoenix Award BIOS . Under the "Integrated Peripherals"
section.
Then Under "OnChip PCI Device" , it lists about enabling USB either in
the BIOS or OS." You want BIOS. [1]
Enable USB Legacy is another thing that option may be called.
If that doesn't work. Try disabling WakeUp/WakeOn USB in the BIOS.
perhaps under power management.
For USB options in power management, i've seen a situation where I had
to hold the down key, and it scrolled down. Yet no scroll bar was
visible. So that came as a suprise that there were more options there.
If you do find it in your BIOS, and i'm sure you will. Do include what
menu/sub menu it was under.
[1]
(not an impressive reference!)
http://tinyurl.com/qybgt
thread "my NF7 S2 MBRD doesn't see US Keyboard pressing F8 to get
Windows menu"
(I meant USB keyboard, not US keyboard)
