Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-03 Thread Samuel V. via Freedos-user
You can also use the following to make the file show normally: attrib FILE.NAM -s -h -r or attrib * -s -h -rattrib *.* -s -h -r On Saturday, December 2, 2017 1:09 PM, dmccunney wrote: On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Karen Lewellen

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread Karen Lewellen
I have my external USB drive with me. It is normally what I use for backup. Will spend some time locating fresh editions of the Panasonic USB drivers I use, in case those are problematical on the c drive just now. i could not possibly find enough zip drives to do the job, my drives are

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread John R. Sowden
Based on your error messages, it sounds like there is a problem with the hard drive.  If you have more than 1 physical hard drive, your best bet is to copy your data from the c: drive to the e: drive ASAP.  If the "drives" are actually partitions of the same physical drive, I would copy the

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Freedos-user
No problem if you know the full path and file name. If you have ATTRIB you can hit it with -H to make it visible. https://www.computerhope.com/attribhl.htm On Saturday, December 2, 2017, 11:56:07 AM MST, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi folks, its complicated. 

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, will try to make this more understandable. I am hunting a new apartment in Toronto, with all or my major computer stuff in storage save this main one. I.I am staying with friends as expressed. Still when I arrived I did not open the case to make sure no connectors came loose. I did

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread dmccunney
On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Thanks to you Dennis, and john for this suggestion. > The thing is that the file is command.com You should have mentioned that earlier. What is the problem you are encountering that requires you to overwrite it?

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread Karen Lewellen
Thanks to you Dennis, and john for this suggestion. The thing is that the file is command.com I noticed at the computer help source indicates that there is a system atrib option as well. granted I will check the options with my edition of atrib, still it might work I have more than one hard

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread John R. Sowden
use attrib to unhide it? then copy? John On 12/02/2017 10:38 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi folks, its complicated.  However, is there a way to copy over a file that is technically hidden? having  a bit of a computer crisis. thanks, Kare "No one is born hating another person because of the

Re: [Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread dmccunney
On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi folks, > its complicated. However, is there a way to copy over a file that is > technically hidden? > having a bit of a computer crisis. DOS recognizes four file attributes: archive, read-only, hidden, and

[Freedos-user] challenging dos question.

2017-12-02 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, its complicated. However, is there a way to copy over a file that is technically hidden? having a bit of a computer crisis. thanks, Kare "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion ... People must learn to hate, and if