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Using startup disk at A:>???

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by missanne7

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What in the world do I do when I get to the A:> prompt after using an emergency startup disk???? DOS is greek to me...

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by robo_dev

and press ENTER to see if anything is on the disk.

What sort of emergency startup are you doing, nuclear power plant, Windows XP??

by seanferd

Reinstall? Look through the C: drive? Replace a file?

by missanne7

trying to start Windows XP.
Thanks,
missanne7

by oh smeg

I'm not being flippant it depends on what is wrong with the Boot Process as to what you do here.

It would also help to know which type of Boot Disc you have as different versions of this can do different things.

Also depending on what you are using on the Floppy you may be required to change Floppies to get different DOS Commands as all of them are not always included on the various different Boot Disc's available.

There should also be a Help Function on these Floppies that give a list of all the DOS commands that are contained on that particular Floppy.

But if you could be more specific with what is wrong here we may be able to be of some more assistance to you.

Col

by seanferd

but I believe you can just still type
win
and hit Enter.

If that doesn't work, type:

C: (Enter)
cd C:\windows\system32\win.com (Enter)

If Windows won't boot on it's own, you may want to look into the Recovery Console, and fix the problem.

If you would care to do so, tell us what the problem is, and what happened when it started.

by rob miners

follow the instructions on the screen.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305595

Edit: test

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