Today I used COPY to copy system files from a CD to the hard disk. I hadn't done this before, and unexpectedly found that IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS on the source disk were not copied to the target disk. When I tried to COPY these two files separately, it still didn't work, and it said "Access denied opening file IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS". Can someone help me!
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Posted 2003-06-28 00:00 · 中国 北京 联通
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Posted 2003-06-28 00:00 · 中国 台湾 远传电信
Use the ATTRIB -h -r -s command to change the file attributes and that'll do it~~
For example: to change the attributes of the msdos.sys file, just use this command
ATTRIB -h -r -s c:\msdos.sys
Then you can copy it~
For example: to change the attributes of the msdos.sys file, just use this command
ATTRIB -h -r -s c:\msdos.sys
Then you can copy it~
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Thanks for the reply, but the system tells me I can't use ATTRIB, it's an external DOS command. Do I need to download this ATTRIB file????
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Posted 2003-06-28 00:00 · 中国 台湾 台南市 远传电信
Here, attrib is here, download it and use it~
Also, please don't post duplicate threads next time, it's annoying to look at~
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Also, please don't post duplicate threads next time, it's annoying to look at~
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Thanks
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You're welcome...
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Hehe.... what's the use of copy?
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He only said he wanted to copy files....
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The following is quoted from tikan's post at 2003-6-28 16:09:22:
Today I used COPY to copy system files from a CD to the hard disk. I had never done that before, and unexpectedly found that IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS on the source disc were not copied to the target disk. When I tried to COPY these two files separately, it still didn't work, and it prompted “Access denied opening file IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS ”. Can someone help me!
This shows that these two files are on the hard disk, and their attributes are read-only, hidden, and system. There is no need to copy them from the CD to the hard disk anymore! If you want to check whether these two files are on the hard disk, you can use
1。dir/a This command can display files with all kinds of attributes.
2。attrib Without any parameters, it can display the attributes of each file.
Also, if the hard disk does not have these two files, it cannot boot from the hard disk. And simply copying these two files from the CD to the hard disk is no use either! You must use the sys command to transfer these two files to the hard disk! Because these two files (mainly IO.sys, I think) must be placed in some special place on the hard disk; putting them elsewhere is useless. And the SYS command can accurately transfer these two files to a specific place on the hard disk.
Of course, if when copying other files you run into “Access denied opening file”, you can use the above method and use attrib to change the file attributes first, then copy them.
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ko20010214, I really have to thank you. Please explain how to use SYS—what is the exact format? Do I need to add the file name after SYS???
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ko20010214, I understand now, and I've already succeeded!!
Actually I'm installing a NEC PC9821 computer. I'm copying the system disk from the CD onto the hard disk. The machine's DOS is MS-DOS5.0A-H, a very unusual DOS version, and it's been giving me a headache. I'm also not very familiar with DOS, but after fiddling with it for a few days, I find that I'm starting to like DOS. Maybe I'll be asking you for advice again in the future! Hope you won't mind giving me some guidance!
Actually I'm installing a NEC PC9821 computer. I'm copying the system disk from the CD onto the hard disk. The machine's DOS is MS-DOS5.0A-H, a very unusual DOS version, and it's been giving me a headache. I'm also not very familiar with DOS, but after fiddling with it for a few days, I find that I'm starting to like DOS. Maybe I'll be asking you for advice again in the future! Hope you won't mind giving me some guidance!
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The following is quoted from tikan's post at 2003-6-28 21:16:46:
ko20010214, I understand now, and I've already succeeded!!
Actually I'm installing a NEC PC9821 computer. I'm copying the system disk from the CD onto the hard disk. The machine's DOS is MS-DOS5.0A-H, a very unusual DOS version, and it's been giving me a headache. I'm also not very familiar with DOS, but after fiddling with it for a few days, I find that I'm starting to like DOS. Maybe I'll be asking you for advice again in the future! Hope you won't mind giving me some guidance!
NEC 9821?? That's really old?? Can you still buy one now??
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The 9821 really is old!
And now there's another problem. I also copied the PC9821-specific WIN98 system files onto the hard disk, and I handled IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS the way everyone said. But after I rebooted, a new problem came up. After the memory check finished, DOS started booting. After the DOS version was shown, a line of Japanese appeared below. The rough meaning is that the DOS versions are different, so program writing was terminated. Then it hangs. Can anyone help me analyze what the reason is???
And now there's another problem. I also copied the PC9821-specific WIN98 system files onto the hard disk, and I handled IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS the way everyone said. But after I rebooted, a new problem came up. After the memory check finished, DOS started booting. After the DOS version was shown, a line of Japanese appeared below. The rough meaning is that the DOS versions are different, so program writing was terminated. Then it hangs. Can anyone help me analyze what the reason is???
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