Posted by boweasel on March 11, 2009 at 12:41:06:
Working on a Vista machine that won't boot. It just goes to repair and eventually indicates that it cannot perform a repair. This PC came w/ Vista installed and no disc, and the owner never created any CDs for installation or setup.
But I figured I could get to DOS prompt with a Windows XP disc - which it did - to copy picture files to a flash drive. So I get to a DOS prompt, go to the directory that has the sub-directories w/ pictures. and try to copy them to the flash drive. But it seems that with the way I got the PC booted, wildcards are not allowed (I'm guessing that I'm only allowed to use INTERNAL DOD commands), so I have to copy the files individually, which does work, but is laborious. Is there a way around this? I used the SET command to AllowWildCards = TRUE, but it has no effect on copying files.
Secondly, this guy has a directory called "BEHAVE!!! =>" (at least that's what it looks like its called in DOS) that contains pictures he would like saved. I have no idea how he created this, but I can't seem to get to this directory. I get "the file name, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect" when I try to access it w the DOS command CD "BEHAVE!!! =>". And since I have no idea how to get around the 'wildcard' problem, I'm unable to access this directory.
Any thoughts on these two problems would be greatly appreciated.