windows xp vs dos *help!*

[Morgan]

Hey lookie I'm back. Anyway I have yet another question.
All of my questions were answered yesterday (but not from
here I had to discover the solutions for myself because he
who has the problem is truily the only one that can find
ones answer). Anyway, I need to figure out how to get
into windows xp through dos. Well what i really wanna do
is replace a file thats been corrupted yet everytime i try
to do this it says, "access denied". So heres the real
question ahem, "While in dos how would I put my password
in to navagate through my xp files without the xp disk?"
Anyone know? This is my only option. Please type out the
correct line of command so i can gain access to copy over
that corrupted file... thank you

MORGAN

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Which particular file are you trying to replace? If it is a system file try typing the following from Start>Run - you may need to have your XP CD to hand:

sfc /scannow

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Hey lookie I'm back. Anyway I have yet another question.
| All of my questions were answered yesterday (but not from
| here I had to discover the solutions for myself because he
| who has the problem is truily the only one that can find
| ones answer). Anyway, I need to figure out how to get
| into windows xp through dos. Well what i really wanna do
| is replace a file thats been corrupted yet everytime i try
| to do this it says, "access denied". So heres the real
| question ahem, "While in dos how would I put my password
| in to navagate through my xp files without the xp disk?"
| Anyone know? This is my only option. Please type out the
| correct line of command so i can gain access to copy over
| that corrupted file... thank you
|
| MORGAN

 

[Guest]

I'm trying to replace the NTSF.SYS file and the DMBOOT.SYS

 

[Ron Martell]

I'm trying to replace the NTSF.SYS file and the DMBOOT.SYS

If your hard drive is NTFS then there is no easy way of doing this.

It could be done if you have a second computer that is also running
Windows XP.

Remove the hard drive from this computer and install it temporarily as
a second hard drive in the other machine. Then you should be able to
replace the files and then return the drive to its original machine.

Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Alex Nichol]

Anyway, I need to figure out how to get
into windows xp through dos. Well what i really wanna do
is replace a file thats been corrupted yet everytime i try
to do this it says, "access denied". So heres the real
question ahem, "While in dos how would I put my password
in to navagate through my xp files without the xp disk?"

If you have the system on an NTFS disk, then DOS will be no help: if it
is on FAT32 you could use a Win98 startup floppy. There is no true,
independently bootable DOS in XP.

You *might*, depending on what file it is, be able to do it by booting
to the menu with F8 and using Safe Mode - Command Prompt only; you
certainly should by booting an XP CD and using the immediate R -
Recovery - option.

There is also a program 'InUse' which you should be able to find if you
search the Downloads section of the Microsoft site, which allows you to
name a file to be used to replace another at the next boot of the system