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Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other partitions.

How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

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Guest John Dulak
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

b11_ wrote:

> Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other partitions.

> How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

 

b11:

 

Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

partitions with FDISK?

 

John

 

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Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

They are all NTFS partitions.

_______________________________________________________

"John Dulak" wrote:

> b11_ wrote:

> > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other partitions.

> > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

>

> b11:

>

> Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

> Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

> partitions with FDISK?

>

> John

>

> --

> \\\||///

> ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

> ----------------------------()--------------------------

> '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

>

> John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

>

Guest Don Phillipson
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

> > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

partitions.

> > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

> They are all NTFS partitions.

 

MS-DOS cannot see NTFS partitions.

 

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Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

Guest Ron Badour
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

DOS doesn't do NTFS partitions.

 

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Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

> They are all NTFS partitions.

> _______________________________________________________

> "John Dulak" wrote:

>

>> b11_ wrote:

>> > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

>> > partitions.

>> > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

>>

>> b11:

>>

>> Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

>> Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

>> partitions with FDISK?

>>

>> John

>>

>> --

>> \\\||///

>> ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

>> ----------------------------()--------------------------

>> '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

>>

>> John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

>>

Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

Exactly because it does FAT partitions --- <grin>

 

"Ron Badour" wrote:

> DOS doesn't do NTFS partitions.

>

> --

> Regards

>

> Ron Badour

> MS MVP 1997 - 2007

>

>

> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

> > They are all NTFS partitions.

> > _______________________________________________________

> > "John Dulak" wrote:

> >

> >> b11_ wrote:

> >> > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

> >> > partitions.

> >> > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

> >>

> >> b11:

> >>

> >> Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

> >> Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

> >> partitions with FDISK?

> >>

> >> John

> >>

> >> --

> >> \\\||///

> >> ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

> >> ----------------------------()--------------------------

> >> '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

> >>

> >> John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

> >>

>

>

>

Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or at

least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as well.

If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find it.

Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

 

Joe

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

> They are all NTFS partitions.

> _______________________________________________________

> "John Dulak" wrote:

>

> > b11_ wrote:

> > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

partitions.

> > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

> >

> > b11:

> >

> > Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

> > Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

> > partitions with FDISK?

> >

> > John

> >

> > --

> > \\\||///

> > ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

> > ----------------------------()--------------------------

> > '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

> >

> > John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

> >

Guest Franc Zabkar
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:34:12 -0700, b11_

<b11@discussions.microsoft.com> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>They are all NTFS partitions.

 

NTFS for DOS:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060703023208/www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDos.html

 

NTFS for Windows 98:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060703025116/www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsWindows98.html

 

 

- Franc Zabkar

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Guest ... et al.
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

jt3 wrote:

> I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or at

> least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as well.

> If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find it.

> Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

 

NTFS4DOS, now by Avira:

<http://www.free-av.com/antivirclassic/avira_ntfs4dos.html>

 

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Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

But I am trying to _erase_ a folder on an NTFS partition.

___________________________________________________________

 

"jt3" wrote:

> I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or at

> least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as well.

> If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find it.

> Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

>

> Joe

> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

> > They are all NTFS partitions.

> > _______________________________________________________

> > "John Dulak" wrote:

> >

> > > b11_ wrote:

> > > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

> partitions.

> > > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C" ?

> > >

> > > b11:

> > >

> > > Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

> > > Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

> > > partitions with FDISK?

> > >

> > > John

> > >

> > > --

> > > \\\||///

> > > ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

> > > ----------------------------()--------------------------

> > > '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

> > >

> > > John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

> > >

>

>

>

Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:33ED1864-1AF7-42F4-8AD3-B50099B78727@microsoft.com...

| But I am trying to _erase_ a folder on an NTFS partition.

| ___________________________________________________________

 

Why are you attempting to use Win9X to erase a NTFS folder?

 

Disk corruption?

Try Testdisk:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

 

 

If these can still be accessed [not free]:

 

Full read/write capability for NTFS from DOS is available with NTFSDOS

Professional, available as part of Winternals Administrator's Pak Read-only

capability for DOS from Windows 95/98 is available with NTFS for Windows 98.

http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp

 

 

Full read/write capability for NTFS drives from a boot floppy is now

available in the form of ERD Commander 2003. ERD Commander 2003 is a

command-line that starts after booting off of a standard set of Windows NT

boot disks. NTFS and FAT drives can be accessed with a full suite of

standard file-related commands like move, copy, delete, and rename. Get more

information and download a free read-only version that has working rmdir and

mkdir commands here.

http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/erdcommander2002.asp

 

LINUX has several tools.

Get the latest version of ntfsprogs from:

http://linux-ntfs.org/

http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/

http://www.ntfs-3g.org/

 

Information and resouces

http://www.ntfs.com/

 

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http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

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|

| "jt3" wrote:

|

| > I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or

at

| > least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as

well.

| > If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find

it.

| > Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

| >

| > Joe

| > "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

| > news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

| > > They are all NTFS partitions.

| > > _______________________________________________________

| > > "John Dulak" wrote:

| > >

| > > > b11_ wrote:

| > > > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

| > partitions.

| > > > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C"

?

| > > >

| > > > b11:

| > > >

| > > > Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

| > > > Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

| > > > partitions with FDISK?

| > > >

| > > > John

| > > >

| > > > --

| > > > \\\||///

| > > > ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

| > > > ----------------------------()--------------------------

| > > > '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

| > > >

| > > > John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

| > > >

| >

| >

| >

Guest Jeff Richards
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

Do you mean you want to erase some or all of the contents of the partition,

or do you want to remove the partition (and therefore, of course, erase the

entire contents)?

 

If you want to erase a folder within the partition, you need access to the

partition from the operating system (DOS or W98) using one of the utilities

that has been mentioned here. If you want to remove the partition then you

can do it with a partition management tool, which often contain its own OS

and might not rely on an installed OS at all.

 

You haven't previously mentioned that you want to "_erase_ a folder", but

it's still not really clear just what you want to do.

--

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:33ED1864-1AF7-42F4-8AD3-B50099B78727@microsoft.com...

> But I am trying to _erase_ a folder on an NTFS partition.

> ___________________________________________________________

>

> "jt3" wrote:

>

>> I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or

>> at

>> least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as

>> well.

>> If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find it.

>> Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

>>

>> Joe

>> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

>> > They are all NTFS partitions.

>> > _______________________________________________________

>> > "John Dulak" wrote:

>> >

>> > > b11_ wrote:

>> > > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

>> partitions.

>> > > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C"

>> > > > ?

>> > >

>> > > b11:

>> > >

>> > > Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

>> > > Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

>> > > partitions with FDISK?

>> > >

>> > > John

>> > >

>> > > --

>> > > \\\||///

>> > > ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

>> > > ----------------------------()--------------------------

>> > > '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

>> > >

>> > > John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

>> > >

>>

>>

>>

Guest Gary S. Terhune
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

You CAN'T erase a folder on an NTFS partition using Win9x or DOS. None of

those operating systems can even read NTFS, much less manipulate it. The

closest you can come is to delete the entire partition using FDISK (I

*think* that's possible... I forget.)

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:33ED1864-1AF7-42F4-8AD3-B50099B78727@microsoft.com...

> But I am trying to _erase_ a folder on an NTFS partition.

> ___________________________________________________________

>

> "jt3" wrote:

>

>> I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or

>> at

>> least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as

>> well.

>> If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find it.

>> Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

>>

>> Joe

>> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

>> > They are all NTFS partitions.

>> > _______________________________________________________

>> > "John Dulak" wrote:

>> >

>> > > b11_ wrote:

>> > > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

>> partitions.

>> > > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C"

>> > > > ?

>> > >

>> > > b11:

>> > >

>> > > Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

>> > > Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

>> > > partitions with FDISK?

>> > >

>> > > John

>> > >

>> > > --

>> > > \\\||///

>> > > ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

>> > > ----------------------------()--------------------------

>> > > '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

>> > >

>> > > John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

>> > >

>>

>>

>>

Guest Gary S. Terhune
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

Never mind. I see that other utilities have been discussed. Whether any of

them will allow you to change the files or folders is another question.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message

news:exoK4LO4HHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> You CAN'T erase a folder on an NTFS partition using Win9x or DOS. None of

> those operating systems can even read NTFS, much less manipulate it. The

> closest you can come is to delete the entire partition using FDISK (I

> *think* that's possible... I forget.)

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

>

> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:33ED1864-1AF7-42F4-8AD3-B50099B78727@microsoft.com...

>> But I am trying to _erase_ a folder on an NTFS partition.

>> ___________________________________________________________

>>

>> "jt3" wrote:

>>

>>> I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or

>>> at

>>> least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as

>>> well.

>>> If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find

>>> it.

>>> Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

>>>

>>> Joe

>>> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>> news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

>>> > They are all NTFS partitions.

>>> > _______________________________________________________

>>> > "John Dulak" wrote:

>>> >

>>> > > b11_ wrote:

>>> > > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

>>> partitions.

>>> > > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C"

>>> > > > ?

>>> > >

>>> > > b11:

>>> > >

>>> > > Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

>>> > > Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

>>> > > partitions with FDISK?

>>> > >

>>> > > John

>>> > >

>>> > > --

>>> > > \\\||///

>>> > > ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

>>> > > ----------------------------()--------------------------

>>> > > '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

>>> > >

>>> > > John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

>>> > >

>>>

>>>

>>>

>

>

Guest Haggis
Posted

Re: Under DOS

 

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:33ED1864-1AF7-42F4-8AD3-B50099B78727@microsoft.com...

> But I am trying to _erase_ a folder on an NTFS partition.

> ___________________________________________________________

>

> "jt3" wrote:

>

>> I think that the SysInternals DOS reader for NTFS is still available, or

>> at

>> least it was last I looked. There are some other programs like it, as

>> well.

>> If you can't find it, I can look in my 'diskbin' to see if I can find it.

>> Doesn't quite give you the same functionality, of course.

>>

>> Joe

>> "b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:B7C3665D-697C-4D01-A24C-85236EC2FB98@microsoft.com...

>> > They are all NTFS partitions.

>> > _______________________________________________________

>> > "John Dulak" wrote:

>> >

>> > > b11_ wrote:

>> > > > Under DOS, I am able to access partition "C" but not the other

>> partitions.

>> > > > How does one access the partitions (not the drives) other than "C"

>> > > > ?

>> > >

>> > > b11:

>> > >

>> > > Are the other partitions formatted as some unrecognizable type like

>> > > Linux or NTFS (or for that matter formatted at all)? Can you see the

>> > > partitions with FDISK?

>> > >

>> > > John

>> > >

>> > > --

>> > > \\\||///

>> > > ------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------

>> > > ----------------------------()--------------------------

>> > > '' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

>> > >

>> > > John Dulak - Gnomeway Services - http://tinyurl.com/2qs6o6

>> > >

>>

>>

>>

 

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http://www.knoppix.net/


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