How can I access hard-drive from a boot disk to copy?

Posted: 08-15-2003, 01:04 AM

jim t

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Actually, I think you want to hit the F8 key to get to safe
mode. On one of my computers, I hold down the Control key
throughout the boot and it gets me there too. Sometimes
the computer boots so fast that I can't catch it with F8.

Good Luck ...

>-----Original Message-----
>Basically I left my Win XP CD at my dad's. Well I get
>the stupid msvcrt.dll error in 2 files. I've searched
>the knoledge base all the way back to 2001 with no avail
>as well as here on the newsgroups. I need to know how to
>make a boot disk (the one I made won't let me "cd C:\" or
>access C:\ under any circumstances) that can access the
>HDD. I am farmiliar with MS-Dos as all my computers used
>to run on them back when Dosshell was out.
>
>I DL'd the msvcrt.dll that may not be the spelling but
>anyway I got it. So what I'm asking is how can I get to
>a command.com promt with the hdd acessed and started on
>C:\?
>
>I have tried useing the boot options trying to change
>them and everything. Used to you hit F9 and it asked you
>for Normal, Safe Mode, Command Prompt. So thats what I
>need to get to. I can't load Windows in safe or regular
>modes. Any help is appreciated.
>
>I do have the Full Version of XP cause I built this
>computer. Its at my dad's about 400 miles away. I can
>get him to mail it but I wana solve it now hehe.
>
>Thanks guys!
>.
>

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How can I access hard-drive from a boot disk to copy?

Posted: 08-15-2003, 02:39 AM

>-----Original Message-----
>Actually, I think you want to hit the F8 key to get to

safe

>mode. On one of my computers, I hold down the Control key
>throughout the boot and it gets me there too. Sometimes
>the computer boots so fast that I can't catch it with F8.
>
>Good Luck ...
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Basically I left my Win XP CD at my dad's. Well I get
>>the stupid msvcrt.dll error in 2 files. I've searched
>>the knoledge base all the way back to 2001 with no

avail

>>as well as here on the newsgroups. I need to know how

to

>>make a boot disk (the one I made won't let me "cd C:\"

or

>>access C:\ under any circumstances) that can access the
>>HDD. I am farmiliar with MS-Dos as all my computers

used

>>to run on them back when Dosshell was out.
>>
>>I DL'd the msvcrt.dll that may not be the spelling but
>>anyway I got it. So what I'm asking is how can I get

to

>>a command.com promt with the hdd acessed and started on
>>C:\?
>>
>>I have tried useing the boot options trying to change
>>them and everything. Used to you hit F9 and it asked

you

>>for Normal, Safe Mode, Command Prompt. So thats what I
>>need to get to. I can't load Windows in safe or

regular

>>modes. Any help is appreciated.
>>
>>I do have the Full Version of XP cause I built this
>>computer. Its at my dad's about 400 miles away. I can
>>get him to mail it but I wana solve it now hehe.
>>
>>Thanks guys!
>>.
>>
>.
>If you have one, did you try installing your cd driver

disk?

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Donald McDaniel

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Re: How can I access hard-drive from a boot disk to copy?

Posted: 08-15-2003, 03:40 AM

Brad Austin wrote:

> Basically I left my Win XP CD at my dad's. Well I get
> the stupid msvcrt.dll error in 2 files. I've searched
> the knoledge base all the way back to 2001 with no avail
> as well as here on the newsgroups. I need to know how to
> make a boot disk (the one I made won't let me "cd C:\" or
> access C:\ under any circumstances) that can access the
> HDD. I am farmiliar with MS-Dos as all my computers used
> to run on them back when Dosshell was out.
>
> I DL'd the msvcrt.dll that may not be the spelling but
> anyway I got it. So what I'm asking is how can I get to
> a command.com promt with the hdd acessed and started on
> C:\?
>
> I have tried useing the boot options trying to change
> them and everything. Used to you hit F9 and it asked you
> for Normal, Safe Mode, Command Prompt. So thats what I
> need to get to. I can't load Windows in safe or regular
> modes. Any help is appreciated.
>
> I do have the Full Version of XP cause I built this
> computer. Its at my dad's about 400 miles away. I can
> get him to mail it but I wana solve it now hehe.
>
> Thanks guys!

If you are trying to access your HD from an MSDOS boot disk, and your HD is
formatted as NTFS, you will be unable to access the HD, since MSDOS does not
know how to access an NTFS volume.

Also, if you are trying to access the HD with an MSDOS 6.x (or below) boot
disk, and the HD is formatted as FAT32, you will also be unable to access
the HD, since versions of Microsoft OS's previous to Windows 95b are unable
to access a FAT32 volume.

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