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Name: Spudboy
Date: February 21, 2002 at 09:35:34 Pacific
Subject: how to boot to dos with ntfs?
Comment:

I've got win xp and am using an ntfs file system. I want to use a boot disk to get to the dos prompt. I can do this but my c:\ is not recognised. How can I get around this? Please help.


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Response Number 1
Name: jeff
Date: February 21, 2002 at 09:38:13 Pacific
Reply:

NTFS by definition is non-DOS.


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Response Number 2
Name: Eric
Date: February 21, 2002 at 09:39:04 Pacific
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Don't think you can unless you boot from Win XP CD or get XP boot disks (6 I think). NTFS is not recognizable by DOS, only Win xp, 2000, NT. Try booting from your Win XP cd to a dos prompt.


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Response Number 3
Name: help-ah
Date: February 21, 2002 at 09:42:48 Pacific
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www.winternals.com and www.sysinternals.com have software that will allow you to *read* NTFS partitions if you boot into DOS.

To write to NTFS partitions, you will have to buy their software.


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