DOS Commands

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Which newsgroup would tell me about using DOS commands in a Vista command
window? The one I haveare an incorrect DOS version.
 
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:42:06 -0500, "PJ Perillo"
<jeddlingley@verizon.net> wrote:

> Which newsgroup would tell me about using DOS commands in a Vista command
> window? The one I haveare an incorrect DOS version.


You are going to the window that opens when you type CMD? In that
window, at the C:\ prompt, you are typing just a command name and you
get an "incorrect DOS version"? What commands are you typing?


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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I'm trying to use FDISK.EXE.
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:42:06 -0500, "PJ Perillo"
> <jeddlingley@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Which newsgroup would tell me about using DOS commands in a Vista command
>> window? The one I haveare an incorrect DOS version.
>
>
> You are going to the window that opens when you type CMD? In that
> window, at the C:\ prompt, you are typing just a command name and you
> get an "incorrect DOS version"? What commands are you typing?
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
FDISK.EXE should be run from a bootable DOS floppy, not from a Vista command
prompt.

But, the Vista CD contains equivalent (maybe betters) tools for partitioning
a hard drive. See the following link for more information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Recovery_Environment
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial147.html
http://www.besttechie.net/forums/Vistas-System-Recovery-Console-t12840.html
http://www.onlinecomputertips.com/troubleshooting/vista_recovery.html


Alternatively, download and burn a generic bootable CD with disk tools, such
as the free Ultimate Boot CD, which contains an advanced version of FDISK
and some related programs:

http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/


"jedidiah.lingley" <jedidiah.lingley@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to use FDISK.EXE.
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:gac8m3domka3not8o8ed5no55obqof5gik@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:42:06 -0500, "PJ Perillo"
>> <jeddlingley@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Which newsgroup would tell me about using DOS commands in a Vista
>>> command
>>> window? The one I haveare an incorrect DOS version.
>>
>>
>> You are going to the window that opens when you type CMD? In that
>> window, at the C:\ prompt, you are typing just a command name and you
>> get an "incorrect DOS version"? What commands are you typing?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
>
 
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:26:38 GMT, "jedidiah.lingley"
<jedidiah.lingley@verizon.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to use FDISK.EXE.


I asked three questions. You answered only one.

Here's a fourth question: what are you trying to do with fdisk? Please
answer that as well as the other questions I asked.

Fdisk is not part of Windows XP and normally has to be run after
booting from a DOS boot diskette containing it. Windows XP has its own
partitioning tools, and fdisk shouldn't be needed.


> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:gac8m3domka3not8o8ed5no55obqof5gik@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:42:06 -0500, "PJ Perillo"
> > <jeddlingley@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Which newsgroup would tell me about using DOS commands in a Vista command
> >> window? The one I haveare an incorrect DOS version.
> >
> >
> > You are going to the window that opens when you type CMD? In that
> > window, at the C:\ prompt, you are typing just a command name and you
> > get an "incorrect DOS version"? What commands are you typing?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
"jedidiah.lingley" <jedidiah.lingley@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to use FDISK.EXE.
>

<snip>

You CANNOT run fdisk in windows XP
 
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