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More info?)
"sheva" <sheva@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for everyone.
> I would have liked to run ms-dos to delete an unuseable file with norton
> commander.
> I have a file that i can not open or delete. I could delete these files
with
> the help of norton commander earlier (when i had win 98).
Not if the disk is formatted NTFS, you couldn't.
Set up the system so that the Recovery Console can see more directories (if
needed for that file) and then boot from the CD and use the RC to delete the
file.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310497/
First, though, restart in Safe Mode - Command Prompt and locate the file,
and check its attributes. Some spyware/trojans/viruses will put a $ in the
filename, which makes it more difficult to delete. You may need to take a
few attempts at renaming it first.
What is the file?
-pk
>
>
> "Test User" wrote:
>
> > "sheva" <sheva@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:76477EA8-8284-4585-94B1-B9497841EA3E@microsoft.com...
> > > How can I start my computer in MS-DOS mode? (In case my operation
system
> > is
> > > Windows XP) And how can I back to XP?
> >
> > Unless you first installed DOS and then XP, you don't. DOS is not
> > included.
> >
> > You*can* start XP in Safe Mode - Command Prompt Only if you really want
the
> > look of a command window, but there are few benefits from this. The
type
> > of program that will not run under XP's GUI won't run in the command
window
> > either, even in Safe Mode.
> >
> > What is it you are actually trying to do?
> >
> > If you wish to install DOS on your system, you must first install DOS
and
> > then XP from a bare drive. You cannot use NTFS if you wish DOS to have
any
> > access to the hard disk areas that XP looks at, since DOS knows nothing
of
> > NTFS.
> >
> > If you need to run a simple task (such as flashing a BIOS) you can just
boot
> > from a DOS floppy. However, bear in mind that if your system is
formatted
> > NTFS as many are now, you won't have any access to the hard disk.
> >
> > HTH
> > -pk
> >
> >
> >