Boot cd that takes me to dos

death734 · 06-18-2006, 02:14 AM

i have a laptop and it will not load win xp home sp2.
i dont have a floppy drive.
all it says is operating system not found. even tho everything is there intact (i checked with linux live cd)

i tried the windows xp install cd's recovery program, but that does no good because i can not open anything.

is there any downloadable boot cd's that will take me right to dos?
i need to get into fdisk
its a acer aspire 5000 series laptop

underworld288 · 06-18-2006, 02:18 AM

download this

oh, wait never mind.

**Shady** · 06-18-2006, 02:20 AM

i dont understand why can't you use the recovery console in windows XP bootable CD ?

death734 · 06-18-2006, 02:22 AM

i've done 3 full recoveries, its useless and not even the problem.
its not checking the c:\ drive for windows

i need to get to dos and go to fdisk, to set things right

Pauly · 06-18-2006, 02:26 AM

If you have a windows 98 startup disk you can boot off that and when you are given a choice. Choose 4 and you will exit to dos. Once you are there at an A prompt type fdisk /mbr. This will rewrite the boot sector and hopefully take care of your problem. When you exit you should boot right into windows.

**Shady** · 06-18-2006, 02:28 AM

he just said he doesn't have floppy drive
anyway
what command did you use
just go to the recovery console and write this
fixboot

death734 · 06-18-2006, 02:33 AM

i've done that it just wont work.

is there really no way to get to dos unless you have a floppy drive?

Pauly · 06-18-2006, 02:34 AM

I am sorry for error.

**Shady** · 06-18-2006, 02:35 AM

there is some bootable CD version of DOS but i think it requires your drive to be FAT not NTFS
google it

Pauly · 06-18-2006, 02:44 AM

If you find a way and I hope you do. Then it might make some sense to buy an external floppy. An external floppy will work but it is not an immediate fix for you. It will be worth its weight in gold.

06-18-2006, 02:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
death734 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Age: 20 Posts: 116	Boot cd that takes me to dos i have a laptop and it will not load win xp home sp2. i dont have a floppy drive. all it says is operating system not found. even tho everything is there intact (i checked with linux live cd) i tried the windows xp install cd's recovery program, but that does no good because i can not open anything. is there any downloadable boot cd's that will take me right to dos? i need to get into fdisk its a acer aspire 5000 series laptop Last edited by death734; 06-18-2006 at 02:18 AM.

06-18-2006, 02:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
underworld288 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Age: 17 Posts: 431	download this oh, wait never mind. __________________ Sound System: Altec Lansing 4.1 Surround Sound RAM: 2 GB (DDR2 - 800) HDD: 420Gb Hard Drive OS: Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy (32-bit) GPU: Foxconn GeForce 8800GTS (628/983) CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.66GHz MOBO: MSI P6N SLI-FI

06-18-2006, 02:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pauly Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 51 Posts: 60	If you have a windows 98 startup disk you can boot off that and when you are given a choice. Choose 4 and you will exit to dos. Once you are there at an A prompt type fdisk /mbr. This will rewrite the boot sector and hopefully take care of your problem. When you exit you should boot right into windows. __________________ *You might not always get what you want but if you try sometime you'll find you get what you need.*

06-18-2006, 02:34 AM	#8 (permalink)
Pauly Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 51 Posts: 60	I am sorry for error. __________________ *You might not always get what you want but if you try sometime you'll find you get what you need.*

06-18-2006, 02:44 AM	#10 (permalink)
Pauly Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 51 Posts: 60	If you find a way and I hope you do. Then it might make some sense to buy an external floppy. An external floppy will work but it is not an immediate fix for you. It will be worth its weight in gold. __________________ *You might not always get what you want but if you try sometime you'll find you get what you need.*

06-18-2006, 02:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Shady Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cairo Age: 21 Posts: 2,343	i dont understand why can't you use the recovery console in windows XP bootable CD ?

06-18-2006, 02:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
death734 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Age: 20 Posts: 116	i've done 3 full recoveries, its useless and not even the problem. its not checking the c:\ drive for windows i need to get to dos and go to fdisk, to set things right

06-18-2006, 02:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
Shady Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cairo Age: 21 Posts: 2,343	he just said he doesn't have floppy drive anyway what command did you use just go to the recovery console and write this fixboot

06-18-2006, 02:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
death734 Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA Age: 20 Posts: 116	i've done that it just wont work. is there really no way to get to dos unless you have a floppy drive?

06-18-2006, 02:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
Shady Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cairo Age: 21 Posts: 2,343	there is some bootable CD version of DOS but i think it requires your drive to be FAT not NTFS google it

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