re: changing system and hidden files in \Windows folders
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(22035 messages posted)
You can't declare success until you've actually used the procedure to successfully
restore your hard drive. Bet it doesn't work.
Disk imaging software is a hell of a lot easier, and it does work. I can replace
my hard drive if it were to fail, and have everything back up and running five minutes
later. And that I have done.
On Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 11:05 am, Norm wrote:
>
>That "life time of challenges" lasted one day.
>
>I resolved the problem by using a program - part of a package of Norton's Ver. 8
>utilities - I got back in the days of DOS. It's a file attribute utility called
>FA.EXE.
>It "does the trick".
>
>Using it, I am able to remove the hidden and system files from the Windows XP \windows
>folder, and all its associated folders. That utility program is now included in
my
>boot up floppy that boots to Windows 98 pure DOS, which includes generic drivers
>for my Maxtor and Seagate external drives - loaded with entries in config.sys -
enabling
>me to access all partitions of the C: drive and everything on my two external hard
>drives.
>
>This is to be used in the event booting to Windows 98SE fails. My normal method
of
>copying ALL Windows XP files, including the \windows folder and its subfolders
-
>to and from the external hard drives - is by booting to the Windows 98 partition
>on drive C:. This method entails the use of xcopy32.exe of Windows 98SE with its
>/s/e/h/r/i/c/y switches.
>
>When all else fails, booting to pure DOS - from a floppy disk - often comes to the
>rescure. But until I discovered the generic drivers for external hard drives -created
>by Panasonic software engineers - accessibility of the two external hard drives
from
>pure DOS was not possible.
>
>Gratias for the help and suggestions.
>
>Aloha from Hawaii,
>
>Norm
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