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Boot To C:\ Prompt
Name: Joshua Roots Date: August 28, 2003 at 08:40:18 Pacific OS: NO OS CPU/Ram: 64MB
Comment:
Hi,
Does anyone know how to make a computer with operating system boot to a C:\ Prompt after formatting the drive?
Name: SkipCox Date: August 28, 2003 at 08:51:21 Pacific
Reply:
A boot disk. At A:\> type C: and hit enter.
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Response Number 2
Name: Tom Date: August 28, 2003 at 09:34:52 Pacific
Reply:
You could do a sys c but your post isn't real clear. You say you have an os on it but then you say you've formatted the drive. If you formatted the drive, you don't have an os on it.
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Response Number 3
Name: Joshua Roots Date: August 28, 2003 at 14:55:08 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry,
What i meant to say is a computer without an operating system that's been formatted.
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Response Number 4
Name: ShadowTeK Date: August 29, 2003 at 23:32:53 Pacific
Reply:
You still need an OS even if the OS is just the boot disk. If there is no OS then there is no C prompt. Thats what DOS is. Just a C prompt and no GUI. But DOS is an OS and you at least need that. Confucious say "formating a disk is like clearing table, but you still need a fork for food."
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