[Pro] Boot to floppy but see NTFS file system

[jslater25]

Okay, I know there has to be a way to do this. But I am not savvy enough to figure out how to search for the solution.

How do I boot to a floppy disk (FAT), but view a hard drive that is formated as NTFS? In order to run the diagnostics I have, I must boot to DOS (tried in Safe Mode, doesn't work) then browse to the hard drive location.

Since FAT doesn't recognize NTFS, I don't know how to do this.

[SpywareDr]

Scroll down to the NTFS___ section on this "Sysinternals Freeware - File and Disk Utilities" page: http://www.sysinternals.com/FileAndDiskUtilities.html

Free NTFS Bootdisk, NTFS4DOS, NTFS Boot CD
http://bootdisk.com/ntfs.htm

[jslater25]

I have used the ntfs bootdisk from the second link. It allows me to copy files to the hard drive, but not to execute one already on the hard drive. I will try the first link.

[SuperSparks]

Also you can boot up with the Windows XP CD and go to the Recovery Console and access tha partition that way. If you don't have a Windows CD you can download the 6-floppy boot doisk set from here instead:

Bootdisks