XP PRO "trivia..."

I've had WINXP PRO for a short time, and am no authority on it by any means: I'm trying to find out how to get to a clean/pure DOS prompt, so as to run SprinRite & try to save a drive on its way out.

So... if I'm in/on The DeskTop - how do I get hither and yon, to lean mean clean dark superfast DOS prompt? Help appreciated! ;-)

Thanks, SG1 (Pat)
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*** Newer C drive (with XP PRO) is NTFS (or NFTS), whereas other two are FAT32 - including one that's failing.
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*** Also, I forgot to ask this: am using Sygate Pro f'wall, and I can't get that puppy to launch, then shrink to SysTray as do all other apps. It - smc.exe - does show as a running process but why does it not behave as other apps do?

I have Startup Control Panel & Code Stuff Starter, and I can move apps around, to run from varied places but I still can't get f'wall to launch then shrink to SysTray; can even checkbox spot in the f'wall to start at bootup - but it doesn't. Why not? OR, is it an app that merely/normally runs as a process and perhaps pops up when/if needed?

Thanks again, for help/info. SG1 (Pat)

 

If you're running Windows NT, 2000, or Windows XP and need to get to MS-DOS prompt follow the below steps.

Click Start
Click Run
Type "cmd" or "command" and press enter.

 

Actually NT/2000/XP/2003 are not DOS based, so there's no way to get to a REAL DOS prompt, although you can drop to a command prompt (DOS-like). If you use the FAT/FAT32 file system you can use a boot-disk to access the partitions, though.

 

If you created a Spinrite CD insert the disk into your CDROM and power off/restart the computer.

If you created a Spinrite 3.5 floppy insert the disk and power off/restart. If your computer boots normally into Windows, you need to reset your bios to boot from 3.5. Then insert disk and reboot.

 

Hi Pat,

Sorry I can't comment on Sygate's bootup issue, but you should be able to access options for it's tray icon off the main screen in *tools.*

I found this for you too, just replace the x's ....

xxxx://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds_shelloverview.mspx

Plus there's far more than they tell you about ....

xxxx://www.ss64.com/nt/

Good luck with that puppy!


Steve