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How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY
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navnah wrote:
How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. If you can't get into Windows proper, you might be able to accomplish your task by booting into Safe Mode Command Prompt. This will give you the command prompt without a gui and you can use XCopy from there. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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navnah wrote:
How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. If you can't get into Windows proper, you might be able to accomplish your task by booting into Safe Mode Command Prompt. This will give you the command prompt without a gui and you can use XCopy from there. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Start
Run type cmd OK Will bring up what you wish. -- Don - Windows XP ProŽ SP 3 Vancouver, USA "navnah" wrote in message ... How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. -- Hans |
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Start
Run type cmd OK Will bring up what you wish. -- Don - Windows XP ProŽ SP 3 Vancouver, USA "navnah" wrote in message ... How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. -- Hans |
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"navnah" wrote in message
... How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. It is the other way round. WinXP boots by itself, but you can run CMD (pseudo-DOS) in a box and then return to Windows (GUI.) Free software from www.xxcopy.com beats DOS XCOPY in several respects. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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"navnah" wrote in message
... How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. It is the other way round. WinXP boots by itself, but you can run CMD (pseudo-DOS) in a box and then return to Windows (GUI.) Free software from www.xxcopy.com beats DOS XCOPY in several respects. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:53:41 -0700 from Malke :
navnah wrote: How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. Or, to answer what the OP really wants to know, click Start | Programs | Accessories | Command prompt. If it's not there, click Start | Run and enter this command cmd /k then click OK I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:53:41 -0700 from Malke :
navnah wrote: How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. Or, to answer what the OP really wants to know, click Start | Programs | Accessories | Command prompt. If it's not there, click Start | Run and enter this command cmd /k then click OK I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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On Sep 20, 5:10*pm, Stan Brown wrote:
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:53:41 -0700 from Malke : navnah wrote: How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. Or, to answer what the OP really wants to know, click Start | Programs | Accessories | Command prompt. If it's not there, click Start | Run and enter this command cmd /k then click OK I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". *Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... I don't remember if xcopy is included in the recovery console or not, but you could build a PE disc with Bart's PE Builder and copy files that way. It boots from a cd so you can even copy/modify system files. The URL for that is http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ |
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On Sep 20, 5:10*pm, Stan Brown wrote:
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:53:41 -0700 from Malke : navnah wrote: How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. Or, to answer what the OP really wants to know, click Start | Programs | Accessories | Command prompt. If it's not there, click Start | Run and enter this command cmd /k then click OK I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". *Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... I don't remember if xcopy is included in the recovery console or not, but you could build a PE disc with Bart's PE Builder and copy files that way. It boots from a cd so you can even copy/modify system files. The URL for that is http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ |
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Stan Brown wrote:
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:53:41 -0700 from Malke : navnah wrote: How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. Or, to answer what the OP really wants to know, click Start | Programs | Accessories | Command prompt. If it's not there, click Start | Run and enter this command cmd /k then click OK I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. Because the OP asked if there was a way to get out of Windows and into DOS like you could in Win9x/ME. Unlike you, I *did* answer his question. He apparently can't use the gui and your way won't be useful if that is the case. If you hadn't "conveniently" snipped the rest of my answer, it would be apparent to you. And here it is! Surprise! "If you can't get into Windows proper, you might be able to accomplish your task by booting into Safe Mode Command Prompt. This will give you the command prompt without a gui and you can use XCopy from there." Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Stan Brown wrote: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:53:41 -0700 from Malke : navnah wrote: How do you leave windows to return to DOS prompt? I need to use DOS XCOPY command to back up damaged files. There is no DOS in Windows XP so you can't do this as you could in Win9x/ME. Or, to answer what the OP really wants to know, click Start | Programs | Accessories | Command prompt. If it's not there, click Start | Run and enter this command cmd /k then click OK I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. Because the OP asked if there was a way to get out of Windows and into DOS like you could in Win9x/ME. Unlike you, I *did* answer his question. He apparently can't use the gui and your way won't be useful if that is the case. If you hadn't "conveniently" snipped the rest of my answer, it would be apparent to you. And here it is! Surprise! "If you can't get into Windows proper, you might be able to accomplish your task by booting into Safe Mode Command Prompt. This will give you the command prompt without a gui and you can use XCopy from there." Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:10:23 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. Like the "hard disc", "power unit", "CPU", and such for the system unit? I don't know that there is a proper term for the "tower", but it is much more than just a "hard disc", "power unit", or "CPU". It is all of those, plus I/O system, all in one box. Which is why "system unit" for that box is as good a term as any. I have a friend who keeps referring to removable media as, "tapes". Matters not whether it is a floppy disc, CD, or DVD. It goes into a slot in the system unit, much as an old eight-track, so, to her, it is a, "tape". But it is hard for us geeks to understand what they mean, more often than not. There is a reason for techno-jargon. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:10:23 -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
I will never understand why normally helpful people say "there is no DOS" and then stop, when they know perfectly well that everyone but a few use "DOS" as a short term for "the command prompt". Is it technically accurate? no, but neither are lots of short forms of speech. Like the "hard disc", "power unit", "CPU", and such for the system unit? I don't know that there is a proper term for the "tower", but it is much more than just a "hard disc", "power unit", or "CPU". It is all of those, plus I/O system, all in one box. Which is why "system unit" for that box is as good a term as any. I have a friend who keeps referring to removable media as, "tapes". Matters not whether it is a floppy disc, CD, or DVD. It goes into a slot in the system unit, much as an old eight-track, so, to her, it is a, "tape". But it is hard for us geeks to understand what they mean, more often than not. There is a reason for techno-jargon. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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