Hi, allways when start my computer in dos mode with a boot disk i can't find the system disk, i already tried all letters but i can only find all other hard disks, anyone know how to fix this problem
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Are you trying to boot XP?

Was it working previously?

Do you have your XP CD?

xp works fine, i'm just trying to work in dos mode, yes i have my xp cd

Can you please describe exactly what you are trying to do?

XP has no DOS capability. What are you trying to do with DOS?

I was going to delete some virus files, i allready found a tool that was able to delete them but i still can't find the system disk in dos mode

Are you using NTFS boot disks? If you're using a standard Win9x boot disk, and your (main) hard disk (that you're trying to access) is formatted as NTFS, the "DOS" boot disk won't find it.

If you can boot into XP (& you have your XP CD) you can install the "full" Recovery Console, and then modify it to give yourself some "power" while using it. (MS gives you very bare-bones capabilities with it. In order to use it effectively, you need to make a few changes.)

If you're competent in DOS you should be fine in NTFS. Some commands require different syntaxes but many commands are the same.

Post back with answers and if you want to use the XP command line outside of XP.