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A solution to the FAT/NTFS blues....

2004-02-27 by Chris Strellis

Remember folks you can burn a CD-R or CD-RW with the file(s) you want 
transferred under you DOS program of choice.

You can then boot from a DOS disk with CD drivers.  You need 
MSCDEX.EXE in the autoexec.bat and cdrom.sys (or similar like 
oakcdrom.sys) in the config.sys file.   These files have to be on the 
floppy (obviously!).  The Microsoft supplied WIN98 boot disk can work 
well when you choose the "with CD-ROM" selection.

Sample AUTOEXEC.BAT:

MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /L:D
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
path a:\
SET TEMP=C:\temp
mode con codepage prepare=((850) ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=850
keyb uk,,keyboard.sys

Sample CONFIG.SYS:

BUFFERS=30,0
FILES=250
FCBS=16,0
DEVICE=OAKCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000
DEVICE=SETVER.EXE
DEVICE=DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)
Country=044,850,country.sys

You can find the driver files on the web, if not, let me know and 
I'll post them to the files section.

When booted, you can get the files off the CD drive to use.  The hard 
drive with its NTFS won't be troubled.

Cheers

Chris

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