Re: Trying to repair windows using boot disk


<soulfanel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1155176831.688522.280130@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I am trying to use the repair function within windows XP setup to try
to fix a problem with my computer. I don't have a bootable copy of
windows, so I have made a boot disk, but when I get the DOS prompt I
can't CD into my cdrom drive- it says it is an invalid drive. Also when
I just type CD the only drive that shows up is my A drive. I have set
the CD rom drive before the floppy drive in boot sequence. Does anyone
know what my problem might be?

Thanks,

Soulz

Since you say nothing at all about your Windows problem, we
can't even begin to guess what this problem might be. You also
do not say what this "boot disk" is, hence it is not possible to
help you. Suffice it to say that if it is a DOS boot disk then you
won't see your disk partitions, since they are most likely NTFS
partitions. You can run ntfdsdos.exe (www.sysinternals.com)
to make them visible but you won't be able to change anything.

In other words: If you need help, spend the time to describe
your problem and what you did in detail!


.

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