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02-13-2008
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| | How to get to the Dos prompt When I turn on my laptop and before windows starts, how can I get to the DOS prompt command window? I need to run a check disk. Thanks |
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02-13-2008
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| Vista Premium 6.0.6000 | Re: How to get to the Dos prompt What OS are you on? Try searching 'cmd' though,, if that comes to no avail, give us a shout oh check out this How to get to a MS-DOS prompt. |
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02-13-2008
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| | RE: How to get to the Dos prompt Press F8 after POST (may have to tap it repeatedly) to get to Advanced Boot Options. Select Safe Mode with command prompt. -- Paul "JamieSummers" wrote: Quote: > When I turn on my laptop and before windows starts, how can I get to the DOS > prompt command window? I need to run a check disk. Thanks |
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02-13-2008
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| | Re: How to get to the Dos prompt Hi, Do as Paul states. Be aware that there is no underlying DOS layer in Vista. What you are running is simply the command line interface to Vista. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "JamieSummers" <JamieSummers@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:68DE3382-A5AD-4182-B44C-E03FF83541A9@xxxxxx Quote: > When I turn on my laptop and before windows starts, how can I get to the > DOS > prompt command window? I need to run a check disk. Thanks |
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