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by ral

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How do you remove the hidden attribute on the _Rescue folder of a Compaq running Windows ME. The folder is checked as hidden and it is greyed out. The ATTRIB from the DOS Command prompt will not work as a file in this folder is active. The drive is 60G and DOS 6.22 does not see the drives at all, therefore ATTRIB under DOS 6.22 doesn't work. Ontrack's DOS_UTIL hangs when attempting to access the drive. Is there a stand-alone non-windows utility that will access file/folders and their attributes on large drives?

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by isys

How about your Windows ME boot disk? Failing that, give the Norton Utilities a try.

by dvdza

Try this.. boot into safe mode then try the Command Prompt.. goto the root by typing CD\ then type ATTRIB _rescue -H .. Starting in safe mode should not load the file.

Best of luck

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