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Aviator19 · 06-30-2008, 01:25 PM

Hello, Does anyone still know how to use DOS? I haven't really played with it that much in over 10 years. Now all I just remember are simple directory navigation, copy, and FTP commands.

I tryed making a boot up disk from Windows XP, but in the autoexec and config files there is nothing. I remember seing a long list of commands in these files, which configures the CDROM and other devices.

I would like to learn more about it again since I still have and use some old computers but specifically, I need to see if I can access a SATA Hard drive via DOS. It's the only other method I can think of at the time for trying to access the hard drive since Windows install program and a different PC when plugged into, reveals the same error message.

I posted more about it at:

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http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/hard-drive-support/264530-hard-drive-failure-corruption-something.html

Thanks.

06-30-2008, 01:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aviator19 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hemet, CA, USA Posts: 73 OS: Windows XP SP2 (32 bit, or 64 bit) My System	Getting DOS to recognise SATA HDDs Hello, Does anyone still know how to use DOS? I haven't really played with it that much in over 10 years. Now all I just remember are simple directory navigation, copy, and FTP commands. I tryed making a boot up disk from Windows XP, but in the autoexec and config files there is nothing. I remember seing a long list of commands in these files, which configures the CDROM and other devices. I would like to learn more about it again since I still have and use some old computers but specifically, I need to see if I can access a SATA Hard drive via DOS. It's the only other method I can think of at the time for trying to access the hard drive since Windows install program and a different PC when plugged into, reveals the same error message. I posted more about it at: HTML Code: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/hard-drive-support/264530-hard-drive-failure-corruption-something.html Thanks.