Hello, Is there anyone out there who knows dos commands?? I'm stuck in dos--Here's the story--while doing a windowsxp update, I was confronted with message asking me to find a file--ntoskml.exe.
I was also told to change it and put it into "WindowsXP hotfix source files" which I couldn't find.
I found the ntoskml.exe file in a folder with a long string of letters and numbers, and then another folder "symbols" then another folder "exe" which had several other ntos files in it,
and though I repeatedly attempted to point "it" tosaidfile it wouldn't recognise file or folder or
carry on with download,
I clicked cancel and was told windows needed these files and without them my computer would crash(can't remember exact wording). So-- it wouldn't or couldn't see where I was pointing, so only option that I could think at the time was just to cancel search for files and just click cancel and carry on with download/install of updates. After reboot, in dos I was confronted with message-- file ntoskml.exe missing could I please reinstall said file......... I can't get out of dos. I tried the xp cd but nothing, then tried win98 cd and was able to access d drive. So while with the win98cd in d drive, I changed cd's to the xp cd. It didn't load as a cd, just as a drive with some directory files. I've had a look at c drive and it "looks like" all my files are still there. My question is this, firstly; is it possible to type in a command to copy some files from c drive to a drive?-if so, can someone tell me what to type to copy from c to a? I don't want to lose my files-- I am doing genealogy--family history research and most of the info is on my comp.
Haven't backed-up!Stupid I know. 
While in the win98 cd I think I may have been able to run setup, but was told there was a non-dos operating system already on my comp--xp I'm presuming, and asked if I wanted files deleted or not, when I chose yes, I was then taken to another option and it looked like "it" was about to delete "all" my files so I aborted setup. When looking at DIR folder and files in the XP cd, there is no option to repair etc, and when I clicked on any exe files I was told these could not be loaded from dos. So in an attempt to at least save my genealogy files, I'm hoping to copy those files from c drive to floppy, but can't figure out the command to copy from one drive to another. I know how to look at the directory folders, and sub folders, and to change what drives I want to look at, but that's about it. One person told me the ntoskml.exe file might be a virus, and someone else said it was just an xp update file?????
Help!!!!!!! Please...I am now using
my very,very,very slow and old computer with dial-up...arggghhhhh..Thank you. Charmaine
I was also told to change it and put it into "WindowsXP hotfix source files" which I couldn't find.
I found the ntoskml.exe file in a folder with a long string of letters and numbers, and then another folder "symbols" then another folder "exe" which had several other ntos files in it,
and though I repeatedly attempted to point "it" tosaidfile it wouldn't recognise file or folder or
carry on with download,
I clicked cancel and was told windows needed these files and without them my computer would crash(can't remember exact wording). So-- it wouldn't or couldn't see where I was pointing, so only option that I could think at the time was just to cancel search for files and just click cancel and carry on with download/install of updates. After reboot, in dos I was confronted with message-- file ntoskml.exe missing could I please reinstall said file......... I can't get out of dos. I tried the xp cd but nothing, then tried win98 cd and was able to access d drive. So while with the win98cd in d drive, I changed cd's to the xp cd. It didn't load as a cd, just as a drive with some directory files. I've had a look at c drive and it "looks like" all my files are still there. My question is this, firstly; is it possible to type in a command to copy some files from c drive to a drive?-if so, can someone tell me what to type to copy from c to a? I don't want to lose my files-- I am doing genealogy--family history research and most of the info is on my comp.
Haven't backed-up!Stupid I know. While in the win98 cd I think I may have been able to run setup, but was told there was a non-dos operating system already on my comp--xp I'm presuming, and asked if I wanted files deleted or not, when I chose yes, I was then taken to another option and it looked like "it" was about to delete "all" my files so I aborted setup. When looking at DIR folder and files in the XP cd, there is no option to repair etc, and when I clicked on any exe files I was told these could not be loaded from dos. So in an attempt to at least save my genealogy files, I'm hoping to copy those files from c drive to floppy, but can't figure out the command to copy from one drive to another. I know how to look at the directory folders, and sub folders, and to change what drives I want to look at, but that's about it. One person told me the ntoskml.exe file might be a virus, and someone else said it was just an xp update file?????
Help!!!!!!! Please...I am now using
my very,very,very slow and old computer with dial-up...arggghhhhh..Thank you. Charmaine
