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Copying read-only hidden system fil
Name: keemosabio Date: October 25, 2003 at 10:41:21 Pacific OS: dos 6.0 CPU/Ram: 386/25MB
Comment:
I've been trying to copy three hidden system files from a 1985 5" floppy to a 3". The files are: IBMBIO.COM, IBMDOS.COM and XEMAG.SYS. All have SHR attributes. When I use the ATTRIB -h command to remove the "hidden" attribute, I get "NOT RESETTING SYSTEM FILES." Is there a way around this? Thanks for any suggestions.
Summary: You can also use F8 instead of ctrl. To have your computer always boot to dos edit your msdos.sys file and change the line BootGUI=1 to BootGUI=0. This is a read only hidden system file usually in the...
Summary: Subject says it all. I am trying to copy some files that are hidden, Sytem, and Read-Only files. The source I am trying to copy from is read only. I am unsure how to copy these files because I haven't...
Summary: When you apply the attributes, you have to put -s -h -r so that they can be moved or copied. Once on the hard drive, you can reapply the +r +h +s to reset them to read only, hidden and system. Krystyn...
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