Many tasks that can be performed in the Windows graphical environment can be performed much more quickly and efficiently by utilizing DOS commands. Also, most bootable floppy disks will boot the system directly to a DOS environment. Click on a command to receive more information about it. Actually, that's what I'm trying to avoid, since the hard disk is already attached as secondary hard disk in my modern desktop PC.
Making the hard disk bootable from inside Windows XP is more convenient. I'm looking for a way to transfer its boot sector and IO. Interesting, thanks! I also found this nice utility called Rufus , but the description says the software is to create bootable MS-DOS flash drive.
Does it also work on ordinary hard drive? If I'm not mistaken, one or both of IO. SYS have to be located in specific sectors of the drive as well.
You would still need to select the active partition on the other computer as this might stuff up your XP system Also you better make sure that none of the XP system files are on that secondary hard disk. You will have to tell the programs that access the files how to find your folders.
You will do this by giving the programs the "paths" to your folders. Each "path" is a list of the folders that connect a particular folder to C:. For example, if you were to create a folder called "books", and that folder were in your C: drive, the path to it would be. If you were to create a file called "history. Buying a Computer? What is my C:? I didn't even know I had one! Hard Drives Computer systems have hard disk drives that provide permanent storage of programs and data.
A: The Floppy Drive Newer computers no longer have a floppy drive. C: The Hard Drive Your computer has a hard drive called C: This drive contains all of the files that you are using on the internet. Remember: Files are objects like letters, reports, graphs, and pictures; they are data. Folders are portions of the hard drive C: , that is, they are storage areas. Files are kept in folders. This is controlled by the boot.
For this reason the active partition is always the Windows partition. In this section we will change the boot. To see a Windows only boot. It offers as a second choice a file, which when executed brings up the Recovery Console. In setting up the DOS partition, as a second choice, we will emulate this procedure. The first piece of code that a DOS partition executes after booting resides in the boot sector of the DOS partition, so after booting we should execute a copy of this code which will lead eventually, via the hidden files in the root directory of the DOS partition, to executing config.
Before moving on, copy the EDIT. Type D: to change drives. Note: When dual-booting, the Windows partition will be C:. NOT D:. At the next screen, you have to select the Windows partition as active. This will be 2. Anyway select partition 2.
If it again boots to a C: prompt it will be because the Windows partition has been hidden. This situation requires the intervention of Norton. DO all of these things. That should solve it. There are 3 floppies for this. EXE is in the download directory. It is easier to do the installation from the hard disk. EXE from the download to it and execute it. Now you should read all the. Floppies out, and boot the system, selecting Windows.
We need to edit boot. Should work!! There is more to this than meets the eye. But all the instructions and tools are there. Firstly, there is the HELP command. Try it. BAT will get most of your attention.
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