Copying files from DOS to external hard disk

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From: Henry Burkitt (henryburkitt_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:17:47 -0800

My system has crashed and I cannot load windows because a
VFAT device is failing to initialise on boot. Does anyone
know if I can buy an exterior hard drive or CD writer and
install it in DOS so that I can copy some files from my
hard drive before I use my recovery CD, which will wipe my
entire HD?

I would be so grateful for any help as I don't want to
loose years of work!

Henry

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