Discussion Locked

copy files from boot disk to hard drive

0 helpful

5 replies

by mambrose Aug 2, 2004 last reply Aug 6, 2004

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

I have purchased an ibm thinkpad that has had operating system removed. I am trying to find command to transfer files from boot disk to hard drive.

5 replies

If you have a cd burner soft - go and make an ISO image of your IBM boot disk - use a CD emulator to load the image

This is not an easy question to answer without knowing more information.

What format is the harddrive (NTFS, FAT, FAT32, etc).

What OS are you booting on the boot disk?

If your booting win98 you can use the standard DOS copy command to copy from the A: drive to the C: drive.

If your trying to get the hard drive to boot, use the SYS C: command or Format c:/s

If the thinkpad harddrive is not formatted or partitioned, then you need to use FDISK to partition it and format c:/s to format it.

If it is already formated to NTFS you will have to FDISK and remove the partition and start over again.

If I'm reading your question correctly the command your looking for is > sys C: That will make the hard disk bootable
Good luck

Poster rated this answer.

This question was closed by the author

This discussion is closed to new replies.