You need a bootable floppy or CD. If the drive was
formatted in NTFS, you'll need to get a bootable disk with
the proper files. If you have a friend with a real Windows
XP CD, there is a Recovery Console, which will boot the
computer, read/write to the drives using a command line
interface [text commands]
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\>help
For more information on a specific command, type HELP
command-name
ASSOC Displays or modifies file extension associations.
AT Schedules commands and programs to run on a
computer.
ATTRIB Displays or changes file attributes.
BREAK Sets or clears extended CTRL+C checking.
CACLS Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of
files.
CALL Calls one batch program from another.
CD Displays the name of or changes the current
directory.
CHCP Displays or sets the active code page number.
CHDIR Displays the name of or changes the current
directory.
CHKDSK Checks a disk and displays a status report.
CHKNTFS Displays or modifies the checking of disk at boot
time.
CLS Clears the screen.
CMD Starts a new instance of the Windows command
interpreter.
COLOR Sets the default console foreground and background
colors.
COMP Compares the contents of two files or sets of
files.
COMPACT Displays or alters the compression of files on NTFS
partitions.
CONVERT Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. You cannot convert
the
current drive.
COPY Copies one or more files to another location.
DATE Displays or sets the date.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DIR Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a
directory.
DISKCOMP Compares the contents of two floppy disks.
DISKCOPY Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
DOSKEY Edits command lines, recalls Windows commands, and
creates macros.
ECHO Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or
off.
ENDLOCAL Ends localization of environment changes in a batch
file.
ERASE Deletes one or more files.
EXIT Quits the CMD.EXE program (command interpreter).
FC Compares two files or sets of files, and displays
the differences
between them.
FIND Searches for a text string in a file or files.
FINDSTR Searches for strings in files.
FOR Runs a specified command for each file in a set of
files.
FORMAT Formats a disk for use with Windows.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file
extension associations.
GOTO Directs the Windows command interpreter to a
labeled line in a
batch program.
GRAFTABL Enables Windows to display an extended character
set in graphics
mode.
HELP Provides Help information for Windows commands.
IF Performs conditional processing in batch programs.
LABEL Creates, changes, or deletes the volume label of a
disk.
MD Creates a directory.
MKDIR Creates a directory.
MODE Configures a system device.
MORE Displays output one screen at a time.
MOVE Moves one or more files from one directory to
another directory.
PATH Displays or sets a search path for executable
files.
PAUSE Suspends processing of a batch file and displays a
message.
POPD Restores the previous value of the current
directory saved by PUSHD.
PRINT Prints a text file.
PROMPT Changes the Windows command prompt.
PUSHD Saves the current directory then changes it.
RD Removes a directory.
RECOVER Recovers readable information from a bad or
defective disk.
REM Records comments (remarks) in batch files or
CONFIG.SYS.
REN Renames a file or files.
RENAME Renames a file or files.
REPLACE Replaces files.
RMDIR Removes a directory.
SET Displays, sets, or removes Windows environment
variables.
SETLOCAL Begins localization of environment changes in a
batch file.
SHIFT Shifts the position of replaceable parameters in
batch files.
SORT Sorts input.
START Starts a separate window to run a specified program
or command.
SUBST Associates a path with a drive letter.
TIME Displays or sets the system time.
TITLE Sets the window title for a CMD.EXE session.
TREE Graphically displays the directory structure of a
drive or path.
TYPE Displays the contents of a text file.
VER Displays the Windows version.
VERIFY Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are
written
correctly to a disk.
VOL Displays a disk volume label and serial number.
XCOPY Copies files and directory trees.
See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
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| My EMachines T1440 was unplugged after locking up. When
plugged back in, the
| PC failed to boot up. It makes it to the screen which
gives you the option
| to boot up with last successful config, safe mode, etc.
None of these work.
| Restore disk that came with PC will reformat the HD and
lose all files. Is
| there someway to reach the C: drive without destroying all
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