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DOS启动盘 & LOGO技术（启动盘室） » How can I view the hidden directories on a boot disk?

Floor1　jinqiao0078	Posted 2003-07-22 00:00
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Hello everyone: I have a 3-in-1 boot/install CD containing 98, ME, and 2000. Now I need to reinstall the system on an old computer, but that old computer cannot boot from the CD-ROM. After booting from a floppy disk, I enter the CD directory. I want to find some command that I can run directly so the installation directory will appear, but I still can't find it. Also, I can enter the hidden BOOT directory by typing CD BOOT, but I can't see that directory with DIR. Likewise, under WINDOWS I also can't see the hidden directory on the CD! My questions: 1, how do I view the hidden directory on the CD 2, under DOS how do I directly run the CD so that it shows the multi-choice installation interface I've tried viewing all files under WINDOWS, but I still couldn't see the hidden BOOT directory. Asking for advice!

Floor2　hunome	Posted 2003-07-22 00:00
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Generally the installation directory will not be hidden. Enter the 98 installation directory and run setup to install it. For 2000, go to the i386 directory, then run winnt to install.

Floor4　雨浪飘零	Posted 2003-07-22 00:00
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With IsoBuster you can view hidden CD tracks. After seeing the path, under DOS you can just use the cd command to enter it directly, and once inside you can use dir to view the file list

Floor5　playboy2925	Posted 2003-07-24 00:00
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It’s encrypted. IsoBuster is pretty good for working with CDs. What the poster above said is right.

Floor6　nre	Posted 2003-07-24 00:00
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that old computer does not support booting from the CD-ROM. You can try BCDL, search for some earlier posts. With this you can boot from a floppy and then switch to booting from the CD-ROM. It was made specifically to solve BIOSes that do not support BOOTCD.