Need Boot Disk to Get to DOS Prompt

http://jason-n3xt.org/dos/

Go to the bottom of the page and you will see it.

Glenn

Somebody try this: is it possible for a boot disk to take you directly to the C drive DOS prompt? Once I'm there I'll be able to copy the system driver file using DOS commands which I previously moved.

I raised the points to 250 so please the last thing I need is a post like the one above that just poitns to page with a bunch of boot disks. If possible test the boot disk on your computer to verify that it does what was requested above.

www.bootdisk.com

Yes, a boot disk will allow you to access the C-drive. Booting from a boot disk is just the same as booting DOS. You will be working from a command prompt.

All you have to do is to check the autoexec.bat and/or config.sys that's on the floppy disk generated from the boot disk.

I'll check the bootdisk in half an hour or so.

I checked the boot disk (I did not boot with however) created with the file on higher mentioned webpage http://jason-n3xt.org/dos/ and it creates no more than a bootdisk.
Boot with it. Go to the C-drive and the directory where you moved the file to and copy it back to the windows directory where you moved it from.

Success,
LionMaster

Yes, a boot disk will allow you to access the C-drive. Booting from a boot disk is just the same as
booting DOS. You will be working from a command prompt.

All you have to do is to check the autoexec.bat and/or config.sys that's on the floppy disk generated
from the boot disk.

I'll check the bootdisk in half an hour or so.

I checked the boot disk (I did not boot with however) created with the file on higher mentioned webpage
http://jason-n3xt.org/dos/ and it creates no more than a bootdisk.
Boot with it. Go to the C-drive and the directory where you moved the file to and copy it back to the
windows directory where you moved it from.

Success,
LionMaster

lionmaster, I made a boot disk from that site but it only let me access my a: and cd-rom drives, not my c:. Is there something I can do or maybe I'm downloading the wrong boot disk?

Question, do you have a boot loader (2 or more operating systems on disk) or an overlay manager (software to handle large disks that the bios cannot handle).  If so this is the possible reason that a bootdisk cannot access the C:.

dbrunton, I am not sure but I do believe that I may have an overlay manager. I have 2 hard drives installed, an 8 GB and a 40 GB, both by Maxtor. To install them I used "EZ Setup," which came in the box. Could this be the overlay manager? Anyway, without it I don't think I would have been able to use those hard drives on my computer.

as soon as you put an overlay manager in the picture it gets really messy -- I know when I dealt with overlay managers it allowed you to create a recovery boot disk, basically what that will do is boot from the floppy and load the virtual BIOS into memory allowing your computer to see your hard drive, and then boot the OS off the floppy allowing you to access your C drive.

I made a boot disk from that site but it only let me access my a: and cd-rom drives, not my c:.........at the A:prompt  type A:\C:  enter   this will put you in C:

strider,,,,after you get to the A:prompt and type C: enter,,,,just what file are you going to move and to where,,,if you explane a little more we can help,,,,something tells me if you dont know how to get to C: byway of a bootdisk then your going to have trouble moveing some file .....

trekie I already tried type c:<enter> it just tells me it's an invalid drive, or else I would've been done a long time ago.

ok,then the hard disk is eather not being reconized or there are no partitions defined,,,,go to setup/bios and make sure its set to auto and then bootup with bootdisk and type A:\fdisk/status    post what it says

one other thought is if you used a drive overlay as mentioned by liebrand,,,then this could be trouble/messy ,,,,,,sometimes when a drive overlay is used your not suppose to boot with floppy untill it says something like ez bios starting or something like that...try the fdisk/status and we will go from there

If you used an overlay file, you need to create a recovery disk using the same software (EZSETUP) that was used to create the overlay file.

Once this is done you boot from that disk and you will be able to access your C drive.

if the drive is being reconized you mite try the fdisk/mbr command,,,,,boot with floppy and at the A:prompt type A:\fdisk/mbr   enter  and then type A:\sys C:    enter  then try boot without floppy

better try what liebrand said there before you do my last comment,,,,but if no luck then try,,,,worked on a 20 gig maxtor the other day for me that the person setit up with ez setup

Do not use the fdisk/MBR command
Since you have EZDRIVE installed , if you use the fdisk/MBR it would erase the MBR and along with it the EZDRIVE software and you would lose everything on the HD.
When the computer is booting up you should see on the screen "Loading or Starting EZBIOS or EZDRIVE" at that point there shoud also be listed info on what key to hit to boot to a floppy, hit that key then when prompted insert the bootdisk and boot to it. Make sure you don't insert it until you are prompted to.

Rayt333, he has already screwed with his system files, so the system is not getting to that point. That is why he needs to create a recovery disk using the EZSETUP software. It will do the same thing, but only from a floppy!

liebrand
Where did you get that info from?
 He stated: (all I get is a blue screen error).  which means he is getting into windows before his error shows up.
Sounds to me that his system is booting just fine, he has a windows problem  when first starting windows.

He can't access the C: drive because he isn't letting the disk magament software load first before trying a bootdisk or the recovery software (which most likely won't work with the DM software).

He seems to know what file he needs to move back to fix this, but his problem is getting to a C: prompt.

I think Ray is on to it,,I was just setting here thinking about that blue screen bit and Rays last comment makes the most sence yet to me

Hey guys, I'm back on my regular computer now. Boot floppies weren't doing it for me so I had to re-format and install everything again. It was much more complicated than that but I'm just happy to be using my comp. again.

Found another solution.

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