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re: Changing file attributes
Monday, January 27, 2003 at 10:42 am
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Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) 

Dino: your computer is teaching me a lesson!

i forgot to include the system attribute...

type: attrib -r -h -s c:\msdos.sys

and after all changes made:

type: attrib +r +h +s c:\msdos.sys





On Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 10:06 pm, Dino LaMana wrote:
>OK, I tried that exactly as you typed it and got the following message "Not resetting 
>system file C:\MSDOS.SYS"  I tried just using one of the switches, but that didn't 
>work either.  Seems my system wants to stay broken eh?!
>
>Dean
>
>



Written in response to:
re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 10:06 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Monday, January 27, 2003 at 4:35 pm)
*re: Changing file attributes (Natasha: Thursday, December 16, 2004 at 8:57 am)

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*re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (sekirt: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 2:45 pm)
-re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Everett: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 6:23 pm)
-re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Dino LaMana: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 1:55 pm)
-re: Startup problems (Everett: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 3:04 pm)
*re: Startup problems (Dino LaMana: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 10:06 pm)
-re: Startup problems (Dino LaMana: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 12:51 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Everett: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 2:26 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 10:06 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Everett: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 10:42 am)
*re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 4:35 pm)
-re: Changing file attributes (Natasha: Thu, Dec 16, 2004, 8:57 am)
*Restored Registry (Muncin98: Sun, May 1, 2005, 9:43 am)
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