1. Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
Hi, is there anyone knowing a tool to rename a file an a NTFS-partition
from a DOS-BOOT-Floppy?
A bad WIN32-driver avoids WinNT from booting. For all partitions are
NTFS, even a reinstall of WinNT is impossible!
Any idea is appreciated very much. Thanks in advance, Rolf
2. Re: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
Hi Rolf,
I am aware of an NTFS driver for dos (can't think of the exact name yet)
that can be found by searching the files archive at http://www.bhs.com
However, I believe this driver only allows you to READ from the NTFS
partition, not write or rename, etc... Perhaps it has been updated or
imitated since I last checked.
Good luck,
wch
-----Original Message-----
From: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS
[mailto:EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On Behalf Of Rolf Schroeder
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 9:35 AM
To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
Hi, is there anyone knowing a tool to rename a file an a NTFS-partition
from a DOS-BOOT-Floppy?
A bad WIN32-driver avoids WinNT from booting. For all partitions are
NTFS, even a reinstall of WinNT is impossible!
Any idea is appreciated very much. Thanks in advance, Rolf
3. Re: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:34:56 +0100, Rolf Schroeder <schroeder at DESY.DE>
wrote:
Rolf :
If you go here you will find software to access NTFS form DOS
this is read only, but then you could copy any important files
from your system to another drive and reinstall. It might be
possible to copy all the important data files off to another
system through a laplink cable.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntfs30.htm
Bernie
4. Re: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
Bernie Ryan wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:34:56 +0100, Rolf Schroeder <schroeder at DESY.DE>
> wrote:
>
> Rolf :
>
> If you go here you will find software to access NTFS form DOS
> this is read only, but then you could copy any important files
> from your system to another drive and reinstall. It might be
> possible to copy all the important data files off to another
> system through a laplink cable.
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntfs30.htm
>
> Bernie
I know this. They SELL a rename utility. I still looking for an easyer
way.
Thanks Bernie.
5. Re: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
Rolf:
The only thing I can think of is to search the drive sector by
sector at the low-level to find the directory name with something
like norton, then edit the sector to change the name. You might be
able to write the sector editor in Euphoria.
Bernie
6. Re: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
All you need to know can be found at
www.ntfaq.com
in the recovery section. Specifically, you may go to this page:
http://www.ntfaq.com/ntfaq/misc/BOOTABLEERD.doc
or look at this page which is a shortened version:
http://www.ntfaq.com/ntfaq/recovery21.html
You will need ERD Commander, but it is a really fantastic NT utility
anyway. It may be found at.
www.winternals.com
This will allow you to fully recover any NT system that can be recovered.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
7. Re: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
I know it is expensive, but I don't know any other way to accomplish what
you are trying to do. The actual product you need from them is not the
more expensive ERD Commander, but NTFSDOS Pro which is about
60% of the cost of the lowest version of ERD Commander. If you have a
Win98 system handy that you can move the drive into, you probably could
use NTFS for Win98 which is only $49. If you are using Encrypted File
System, you will probably have to go to one of the more expensive products,
but you can read the site and see. The products can be bought and directly
downloaded which might solve your speed problem.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
8. Re: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
- Posted by Joe Otto <joeotto at SWBELL.NET>
Feb 14, 2000
-
Last edited Feb 15, 2000
Rolf,
Try pressing the spacebar when it starts booting. When it stops on the next
screen, choose "Last Known Good" to boot with the registry as it was when
the machine was last successfully booted.
You didn't give any indication what driver you're having trouble with. If
my recommendation above doesn't help, and if it's a device that you can live
without temporarily, power off the machine and remove the peripheral. When
you boot again and NT scans for hardware, it won't find it and won't even
try to load a driver for it. That will give you the opportunity to replace
the file. Then shutdown and reconnect your peripheral.
Good luck...
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS
[mailto:EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On Behalf Of Rolf Schroeder
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 8:35 AM
To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Urgent: NTFS access from DOS?
Hi, is there anyone knowing a tool to rename a file an a NTFS-partition
from a DOS-BOOT-Floppy?
A bad WIN32-driver avoids WinNT from booting. For all partitions are
NTFS, even a reinstall of WinNT is impossible!
Any idea is appreciated very much. Thanks in advance, Rolf
