Need to save My Documents , but cant run PC through GUI 2

[rpearson]

I need to recover several My Documents files on a PC that is very unstable (OS), and very difficult to run from the GUI. Can I save these on floppies from safe mode? Or do I need to run DOS commands all day to save these over? Suggestions Please. Thanks.

 

[rpearson]

This PC is currently running WIN Me.

 

[domino1879]

i believe the floppy drive still works in safe mode. cd-writers won't, but you probably already know that. if it doesn't, the only other thing i can think of is manually copying them to your floppy drive through dos commands.

maybe someone else on here knows of an alternative.

 

[rpearson]

Yeah , and theres slightly more than 1 GB of files.

 

[torturedmind]

if you have a spare of a known good hard drive, install it as a slave then boot in DOS mode (but you can also boot in SAFE mode). from there you can copy files using

XCOPY C:\MYDOCU~1\*.* D:\TARGET1 /F /D /Y

assuming that the slave drive you installed is D: and you've created a folder in it called TARGET1 (using MD or MKDIR command). for more info, type XCOPY /? and MD /? on the command prompt (aka DOS prompt).

hope this idea helps. peace!

kilroy
philippines

"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."

 

[wolluf]

Or if you have access to another working machine - slave your drive in that machine and just use its windows environment to retrieve your files.