Re: XP Boot Disk

From: MarkusM (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:31:39 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>"MarkusM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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>>news:423e01c48900$166e28e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>Why are you trying to access your hard drive(s)
>>> via 'DOS'? You won't be
>>>>able to access XP from there.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Will Denny
>>>>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>>>Please reply to the News Groups
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I know.
>>> The problem is, the old folder with my personal
>settings
>>> in "documents and settings" is still there, but it
>seems
>>> to be empty and it is not accessible by any means.
>>> What I would like to try as last attempt to restore my
>>> old settings is, to rename (or delete) this folder in
>DOS
>>> make a new folder with the same name as the old one
and
>>> copy all the settings from the newer installation so I
>>> may be able to just start my original XP version
>somehow
>>> and maybe get the opportunity to restore a working
>system
>>> checkpoint.
>>> All I want to do first is to get rid of this folder,
>>> which is neither accessible in normal mode nor in safe
>>> mode.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> MarkusM
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>If can't use the XP boot disk, try a Win 9x one. You
>can download the files
>>from here:
>>
>>www.bootdisk.com
>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>Will Denny
>>MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>I tried that either, no success. I believe the reason is
>as Ben already guessed, that the disks can only be
>formatted in FAT whereas the hard drives are NTFS.
>A last chance would be to find an NTFS-formatted disk
>somewhere.
>
>MarkusM
>.
Just found out that it is possible in principle to format
a floppy in NTFS, but the format itself occupies a lot of
space on the floppy, so this is no option either.

Is there any other possibility to make this folder
accessible again? any ideas? I tried the suggestion
provided in this newsgroup (taking over ownership of
files and folders in XP) and it did not work.

Thanks a lot,
MarkusM

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