Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer
I agree that booting to a live Linux instance would be a better solution here. I've had to do this many times and honestly it doesn't really matter what live image you use. Mint is fine. I personally prefer Ubuntu MATE or Xubuntu but it doesn't really matter. It should give you access to the Windows drive through the file manager (both graphical and CLI). On 4/14/2021 4:30 PM, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user wrote: +1 on the Linux Mint recommendation. Out of all the Linuxi I've personally tried, I've found Mint to be quite user friendly and I would say it's a great place to start for those more familiar with a Windows-like interface. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:43 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: On 4/14/2021 5:19 AM, Stephanos wrote: Dear All I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS do I use? If you are talking about any Windows newer than Windows ME, simply forget about this route. Use a Linux Live CD (I personally would recommend Linux Mint 20.1 Mate) and use that one instead... Ralf -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer
+1 on the Linux Mint recommendation. Out of all the Linuxi I've personally tried, I've found Mint to be quite user friendly and I would say it's a great place to start for those more familiar with a Windows-like interface. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:43 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 4/14/2021 5:19 AM, Stephanos wrote: > > > Dear All > > I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a > > memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto > > the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS > > do I use? > > If you are talking about any Windows newer than Windows ME, simply > forget about this route. > > Use a Linux Live CD (I personally would recommend Linux Mint 20.1 Mate) > and use that one instead... > > Ralf > > > -- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer
Jim, DOS & HW basic like the above might make good 5 minute "FD Shorts" on youtube. On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 9:45 AM Ralf Quint wrote: > On 4/14/2021 5:19 AM, Stephanos wrote: > > Dear All > > > > I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a > > memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto > > the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS > > do I use? > > If you are talking about any Windows newer than Windows ME, simply > forget about this route. > > Use a Linux Live CD (I personally would recommend Linux Mint 20.1 Mate) > and use that one instead... > > Ralf > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer
On 4/14/2021 5:19 AM, Stephanos wrote: Dear All I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS do I use? If you are talking about any Windows newer than Windows ME, simply forget about this route. Use a Linux Live CD (I personally would recommend Linux Mint 20.1 Mate) and use that one instead... Ralf -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer
On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 14:20, Stephanos wrote: > > Dear All > > I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a > memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto > the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS > do I use? Stephanos, we have answered this question for you already. It is the same question as your BIOS question. No, you cannot. DOS does not support USB directly. You can't access USB devices from DOS without configuring drivers. We told you this already re the BIOS update. (There _are_ some drivers, for USB 1, for _some_ chipsets, but they are difficult to configure. If you have to ask, you can't do it.) But if you boot FreeDOS from a USB key, the BIOS emulates a hard disk for DOS and it will work. This is the same answer as your BIOS question. -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer
Hey! > I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a > memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto > the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS > do I use? If you ask me: Do not use DOS for that. Your Windows is probably installed on NTFS and DOS is too old to understand NTFS data. Simply boot Linux from a CD or USB stick to copy your file. You could even take the harddisk out of the computer and plug it into another computer. Make sure to NOT make it the boot disk, of course. Or put it into an USB housing and connect it to another Windows or Linux computer so you can access the data via USB, easily. In both cases: Make sure to fully shutdown your Windows computer first! If Windows is only in hibernate, standby or sleep mode, it can have opened files which can get messed up when you interrupt the sleep to do other stuff with the partition. Regards, Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer
Dear All I want to boot to freeDOS using a CD ROM. Then I want to insert a memory stick into the computer and copy a file from the Windows HDD onto the memory stick. Is this possible and if so which version of freeDOS do I use? Thanks and wait to hear Stephanos ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
