Re: Win XP MS-DOS Startup disk, Win 98SE Startup Disk, Boot Priority, chkdsk

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Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 19:50:44 -1000

If you boot with a DOS boot floppy, and your hard drive is formatted NTFS,
you will NOT be able to access anything on the hard drive. DOS cannot read
NTFS. 

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"Alan C. Brown" <acbrown@intnet.mu> wrote in message
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> This is related to a previous message that I posted on 5May04.
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S702 Laptop with Win XP Pro pre-installed
by
> Toshiba.
>
> 1. Boot Priority
>
> I created an MS-DOS Startup Disk in XP Pro (My Computer>Floppy Drive>File
> Menu>Format>Create an MS-DOS startup disk), in order to boot directly into
> an MS-DOS command (C:\) prompt), so that I could hopefully overcome a
> problem that I'm having running "chdsk : /f" from the command prompt (C:\)
> window within XP Pro (All programs>Accessories>command prompt).
>
> I then turned off the laptop and restarted with the MS-DOS Startup disk in
> the Floppy drive, but the laptop booted normally into Windows XP Pro.
>
> I then noticed in the Toshiba utility, "Toshiba HW Setup", under the "Boot
> priority" Tab, that the current boot priority is set at
> HDD>FDD>CD-ROM(>LAN).
>
> I assume that is the reason that the laptop is not booting into the
MS-DOS
> C:\ prompt from the Floppy drive, and therefore I need to change the Boot
> priority to FDD>HDD>CD-ROM(>LAN). Is that correct  ?
>
> The FDD is an external USB drive, which I do not normally have connected
to
> the laptop. With the Boot Priority set at FDD>HDD>CD-ROM(>LAN), will I
have
> to keep the FDD (without Startup disk inserted) connected in order to boot
> normally into Windows XP Pro, or will it boot into in Win XP Pro even
> without the FDD connected to the laptop ?
>
> 2. Running Chkdsk from the MS-DOS Startup Disk
>
> Booting from the MS-DOS Startup disk, I would like to run "chkdsk c: /f"
> from the C:\ prompt, because it would not run from the command prompt  in
> Win XP Pro (eg start>run>chdsk e: /f). Get the error message : "Chkdsk
> cannot run because this volume is in use by another process....etc,etc.
>
> In Win XP Pro, Chkdsk.exe is located in the in the pathway
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\chkdsk.exe .
>
> What command do I have to use to run chkdsk after booting to the the
MS-DOS
> C: prompt ?
>
> 3. Running Chkdsk from a Windows 98SE Startup diskette
>
> Can I run chkdsk from a Win 98SE Startup diskette ? How ?
>
> Thank you
>
> Alan C. Brown
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