Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-20 Thread Dan Scott
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

Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-14 Thread Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user
+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

Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-14 Thread Louis Santillan
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

Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-14 Thread Ralf Quint
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

Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-14 Thread Liam Proven
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?

Re: [Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-14 Thread Eric Auer
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

[Freedos-user] Recovery of a file on a non booting Windows computer

2021-04-14 Thread Stephanos
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