I burned a DOS boot CD. When I use it, I find that under DOS, opening some folders gives the prompt "Invalid directory". Why is that? Also, sometimes after opening a folder it shows as completely empty, but in fact there are files inside. One forum member said this might be related to whether the filenames are valid and to the file attributes. So how can I tell whether a filename is valid, and what the file attributes are? I'd appreciate some guidance from an expert.
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I burned a DOS boot CD. When I use it, I find that under DOS, opening some folders gives the prompt "Invalid directory". Why is that? Also, sometimes after opening a folder it shows as completely empty, but in fact there are files inside. One forum member said this might be related to whether the filenames are valid and to the file attributes. So how can I tell whether a filename is valid, and what the file attributes are? I'd appreciate some guidance from an expert.
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By forum tradition, the first reply is for myself, so I'll bump my own thread
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I've seen this kind of problem too. It's probably because when burning the disc, the CD file format selected was ISO 9xxx or Juliet format. Also, if you use an MSDOS 7.1 boot disk, you can enter those folders, but with an ordinary Win98 boot disk you can't.
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Really? Thanks, I'll try it next time I burn a disc.
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