Hello,
I have a little PROBLEM with my computer. Its running xp, but its old, and QUITE honestly, i didnt EXPECT ever to run for this long. As of now, however, it simply refuses to boot.

This wouldn't be a problem, but there is *1* file on the hard disk i need. So i figure, no problem....I'll boot into DOS with a boot floppy disk, change to the C: directory, and copy the files onto another floppy. However, when i type ""cd c:" it tells me "invalid drive specification". At first, i assumed something was wrong with the hard disk. I ran a diagnostic boot foppy, and there are no errors. I then tried to replicate these above STEPS on my good computer, but the same thing happened..."invalid drive specification". I remeber a while ago copying files from a pc that wouldn't boot, with dos, but maybe not. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong, or if you have any other suggestions, that would be great.

Thanks!XP with NTFS :-? If so Dos will not RECOGNISE NTFS just Fat & Fat32.


Try slaving your hdd on the other pc using XP to recover the files.Thanks!

I set it up as a slave, and copied the file-Problem solved!!Blumoon - Thanks for getting back to report your success..

Good luck