My neighbor's XP Media Center PC crashed and before we reinstalled the OS I told him I could probably save the pictures and music to a flash drive.
Now I'm not so sure.
Using the CD I got the recovery console to display and I see all the folders. After switching to the root directory I got Access is Denied after I typed CD "documents and settings". I managed to get around that problem by using the following Set commands:
SET AllowWildCards = TRUE
SET AllowAllPaths = TRUE
SET AllowRemovableMedia = TRUE
I assumed that the AllowRemovableMedia command would let me plug in a flash drive to copy the pictures and music, but I went through the whole alphabet of drive letters without the USB drive being accessible.
From having to deal with the keyboard's F-Lock, to needing the quotes around the folder name, to having to issue set commands this process has me sweating bullets.
Is there a way around this latest obstacle?
Now I'm not so sure.
Using the CD I got the recovery console to display and I see all the folders. After switching to the root directory I got Access is Denied after I typed CD "documents and settings". I managed to get around that problem by using the following Set commands:
SET AllowWildCards = TRUE
SET AllowAllPaths = TRUE
SET AllowRemovableMedia = TRUE
I assumed that the AllowRemovableMedia command would let me plug in a flash drive to copy the pictures and music, but I went through the whole alphabet of drive letters without the USB drive being accessible.
From having to deal with the keyboard's F-Lock, to needing the quotes around the folder name, to having to issue set commands this process has me sweating bullets.
Is there a way around this latest obstacle?