What is a c:/Prompt and a c:/Drive?

[Guest]

Can someone please help me. I have been asked to go to my c:/Prompt and make
two folders for a download. (one is a ftp file and the other cgi editor).
Then make a folder in my c:/Drive to download information into to keep. (I am
trying to download a website that was built for me. I don't have a clue what
this is or how to go about doing it. Can someone please help me and keep it
as close to English as possible?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Can someone please help me. I have been asked to go to my
c:/Prompt and make two folders for a download. (one is a ftp file
and the other cgi editor). Then make a folder in my c:/Drive to
download information into to keep. (I am trying to download a
website that was built for me. I don't have a clue what this is or
how to go about doing it. Can someone please help me and keep it as
close to English as possible?

Start button --> RUN
Type in:

CMD

Press OK.

You are at a command prompt window now. In that command prompt window, type
in:

C:

Press ENTER
Then type:

CD \

Press ENTER.

You are at a "C Prompt".. (C:\>)

 

[Ted Zieglar]

If you're really that clueless, you may want to think twice before making
adjustments to your computer on your own. It's no shame to ask someone else
to do it for you until you become more experienced. Otherwise you could end
up damaging your computer.

The C prompt looks like this: C:\
To get to a C prompt go to Start > Run > type CMD in the Open box and click
OK.

The C drive is the partition where your Windows installation is found.
To open the C drive go to Start > My Computer and double-click on the Local
Disk (C icon.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

c prompt is the Command Prompt.

Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK |
When the command prompt opens, type:

cd \

Hit your enter key.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[James Silverton]

Shenan wrote on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:15:47 -0600:

SS> Kateedyd wrote:
??>> Can someone please help me. I have been asked to go to my
??>> c:/Prompt and make two folders for a download. (one is a
??>> ftp file and the other cgi editor). Then make a folder in
??>> my c:/Drive to download information into to keep. (I am
??>> trying to download a website that was built for me. I
??>> don't have a clue what this is or how to go about doing
??>> it. Can someone please help me and keep it as close to
??>> English as possible?

SS> Start button --> RUN
SS> Type in:

SS> CMD

SS> Press OK.

SS> You are at a command prompt window now. In that command
SS> prompt window, type in:

SS> C:

SS> Press ENTER
SS> Then type:

SS> CD \

SS> Press ENTER.

SS> You are at a "C Prompt".. (C:\>)

SS> --
SS> Shenan Stanley
SS> MS-MVP


A minor quibble; my XP system disc is D: and C:\ would bring my
FAT legacy partition with Windows 97 (or whatever). Fortunately,
I've only met one downloaded program in the past two years that
proposed to install itself on C:.

James Silverton.

 

[Jim]

Can someone please help me. I have been asked to go to my c:/Prompt and
make
two folders for a download. (one is a ftp file and the other cgi editor).
Then make a folder in my c:/Drive to download information into to keep. (I
am
trying to download a website that was built for me. I don't have a clue
what
this is or how to go about doing it. Can someone please help me and keep
it
as close to English as possible?

So, you want to create a folder on your C drive?
If so, the easiest way is to use Windows Explorer.
You can of course use the command prompt as others have suggested (and your
instructions only partially described).

In the Address field, press the arrow at the right end of the field until
you get to the C drive. Select it and press enter. Now the address field
should show C:\
This is the C: prompt and you are looking at the top folders on this drive.
Next, pull down the menu under the File tab and select New. Then select
Folder. Press Enter, and you have created the folder on the C: drive.
This folder has the informative name of NewFolder.
Put the cursor at the end of the name, and erase the name. Then enter the
name that you really want. When done, press enter because otherwise the
replacement name will not stick.
You are now ready to use your brand new folder.
Jim

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

1. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop.
2. Then double-click on your hard drive labeled (C.
3. Now right-click in an empty white space and select New > Folder.
4. Name the new folder (i.e. FTP File).
5. Repeat the procedure to create a second folder (i.e. CGI Editor)
6. Before actually downloading, browse to the folder you wish to download into.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Can someone please help me. I have been asked to go to my c:/Prompt and make
| two folders for a download. (one is a ftp file and the other cgi editor).
| Then make a folder in my c:/Drive to download information into to keep. (I am
| trying to download a website that was built for me. I don't have a clue what
| this is or how to go about doing it. Can someone please help me and keep it
| as close to English as possible?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Start button --> RUN
Type in:

CMD

Press OK.

You are at a command prompt window now. In that command
prompt window, type in:

C:

Press ENTER
Then type:

CD \

Press ENTER.

You are at a "C Prompt".. (C:\>)

A minor quibble; my XP system disc is D: and C:\ would bring my
FAT legacy partition with Windows 97 (or whatever). Fortunately,
I've only met one downloaded program in the past two years that
proposed to install itself on C:.

That's not really a quibble with me.. heh The OP asked what a C Prompt
was.. *smile*

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Windows 97?

 

[James Silverton]

Ted wrote on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:12:19 -0500:

TZ> Windows 97?

TZ> --
TZ> Ted Zieglar
TZ> "A fool and his data are soon parted."

??>> A minor quibble; my XP system disc is D: and C:\ would
??>> bring my FAT legacy partition with Windows 97 (or
??>> whatever). Fortunately, I've only met one downloaded
??>> program in the past two years that proposed to install
??>> itself on C:.

So it was really 98 (I did say whatever)! Who cares about
archeology I set up that partition because I was not
totally certain about XP working with all my files and it did
screw up the protections on some but I really only have booted
the C: partition about three times in the past year.

James Silverton.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Ted Zieglar: Windows 97?
James Silverton: Yeah. 97... 98, whatever it takes.

Ron Richardson: Yeah? Are you gonna make it all 220?
Jack Butler: Yeah. 220... 221, whatever it takes.

Yeah. 37... 38 caliber, whatever it takes.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Thanks Jim, you are a life saver. I will let you know if I get it done.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all of your help. Maybe I can getthis done now. Special thanks to
Jim and Carey for understanding what I was looking for, and yes, Ted, I am
that clueless.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Carey. Your a lot of help. thanks for taking the time to give me step
by step instructions (in English)

 

[Guest]

When I get the command prompt window, it has c:/Documents and settings>
listed. I can only type the C: on the same line and enter moves the whole
thing down. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Guest]

Is this the prompt or the drive? It tells me I am in the drive. It looks to
me like the prompt and drive are the same place. When I go to my command
prompt, I get a black box with c:/ documents and settings> and I can only
type directly behind this, when I click enter, it moves the whole line down.
I am soooo confused.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When I get the command prompt window, it has c:/Documents and
settings> listed. I can only type the C: on the same line and enter
moves the whole thing down. What am I doing wrong?

Nothing. Did you type the next line?
Just follow the steps.

Start button --> RUN
Type in:

CMD

Press OK.

You are at a command prompt window now. In that command prompt window, type
in:

C:

Press ENTER
Then type:

CD \

Press ENTER.

You are at a "C Prompt".. (C:\>)

If you are already looking at some point on the C: drive (no matter the
directory you might be in), typing in "C:" and pressing ENTER will seem like
it does nothing (because you were already there.) The next line (CD \) will
bring you to the ROOT of the C: drive.. ie: C:\>.

Think of the C: drive as a Filing Cabinet.
"Documents and Settings" is a *folder* in that filing cabinet.
There are likely dozens of others. Some of those have MORE FOLDERS in them.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If your goal is two create two folders in the C:
drive, follow the procedure I posted earlier.
There is no reason to be using the Command
Prompt to create folders.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Is this the prompt or the drive? It tells me I am in the drive. It looks to
| me like the prompt and drive are the same place. When I go to my command
| prompt, I get a black box with c:/ documents and settings> and I can only
| type directly behind this, when I click enter, it moves the whole line down.
| I am soooo confused.
|
| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
|
| > 1. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop.
| > 2. Then double-click on your hard drive labeled (C.
| > 3. Now right-click in an empty white space and select New > Folder.
| > 4. Name the new folder (i.e. FTP File).
| > 5. Repeat the procedure to create a second folder (i.e. CGI Editor)
| > 6. Before actually downloading, browse to the folder you wish to download into.
| >
| > --
| > Carey Frisch
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows - Shell/User
| > Microsoft Community Newsgroups
| > news://msnews.microsoft.com/
| >
| > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­----------------
| >
| > "Kateedyd" wrote:
| >
| > | Can someone please help me. I have been asked to go to my c:/Prompt and make
| > | two folders for a download. (one is a ftp file and the other cgi editor).
| > | Then make a folder in my c:/Drive to download information into to keep. (I am
| > | trying to download a website that was built for me. I don't have a clue what
| > | this is or how to go about doing it. Can someone please help me and keep it
| > | as close to English as possible?
| >
| >