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To: editor-surveyor

You really don’t know Windows. 1) You can boot to a command prompt in safe mode if the system goes into automatic recovery mode; 2) you can boot to c:\ from a boot disk or the installation disk; 3) you can set up boot options ahead of time to allow you to boot to c:\ any time you restart; 4) you can access a c:\ prompt in safe mode by logging on as another user; and 5) you can go to a command line from a system window. The last 2 require being in windows, but the first 3 can be done when you are cold booting or windows in not accessible.


113 posted on 07/29/2012 8:57:31 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Kirkwood

You don’t understand.

If you can get into safe mode, windows is not down, you’ve just lost a necessary driver, usually the video, and that’s no problem.

Using a boot disk doesn’t necessarily give you access to any part of the hard drive; it depends on what is damaged.

I repeat, win 98se is the last version that actually gives access to the commanf line from a normal boot.


126 posted on 07/30/2012 10:12:54 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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To: Kirkwood

You don’t understand.

If you can get into safe mode, windows is not down, you’ve just lost a necessary driver, usually the video, and that’s no problem.

Using a boot disk doesn’t necessarily give you access to any part of the hard drive; it depends on what is damaged.

I repeat, win 98se is the last version that actually gives access to the commanf line from a normal boot.


127 posted on 07/30/2012 10:13:08 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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