Hello

I hope this will be a simple question you wise gurus.

I am in the MS-DOS command prompt. I have been able to boot Windows, but I cannot LAUNCH explorer.exe, due to an unknown problem which has recently surfaced.

I have, however, been able to open the 'cmd' DOS prompt from within the Windows Task Manager.

So my question: How can I ACCESS my external USB CD-ROM drive so as to run the Windows CD?

Thanks for your help.

Pippsdo you know what the drive letter is?

if so try simply type the drive letter X: (where X is the drive you want to access, notice no slash.)

FBThank you for coming to my aid so QUICKLY!

I've just experimented as you've suggested and it would appear that the CD-ROM is assigned to drive F:. I've performed a 'dir' command viewed the CONTENTS to CONFIRM it.

For the next stage, how might I Autorun the CD in that drive?Wait... I thikn I've got it!

Just type 'setup.exe'?

Doh. I really do feel silly for not trying this already!  don't worry about it, you should see some of the dumb things i've posted here! Is it working now?

FBYes, it is working, thank you!

Well... the Windows installer is working at least.

I had some sort of non-descript System32 file error which has recently stopped Windows booting.

I'm hoping a Windows repair will fix it.