Under DOS

B

b11_

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" ?
 
J

John Dulak

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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------------------o000----(o)(o)----000o----------------
----------------------------()--------------------------
'' Madness takes its toll - Please have exact change. ''

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

b11_

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
>
 
D

Don Phillipson

"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.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
 
R

Ron Badour

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
>>
 
D

Dan

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
> >>
>
>
>
 
J

jt3

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
> >
 
E

... et al.

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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Please followup in the newsgroup.
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B

b11_

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
> > >
>
>
>
 
M

MEB

"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/

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
________


|
| "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
| > > >
| >
| >
| >
 
J

Jeff Richards

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
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
 
G

Gary S. Terhune

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
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
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
 
G

Gary S. Terhune

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
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
> 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
>>> > >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
 
H

Haggis

"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
>> > >
>>
>>
>>

download and burn a "Knoppix" CD to boot from and do what you will...

http://www.knoppix.net/
 
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