How in the hell do I reboot a computer running Windows XP to a C: prompt

Better yet, how do I edit the autoexec file in windowsXP pro?

thanks for any and all help
Rian

Go to Start menu, choose Run. Type:

cmd <enter>

He wants to boot to the prompt. To do this you have to make a boot disk. Put a disk in your computer and right click on the drive in My Computer. Then in the right click menu select format. In the Format window check Create an MS-DOS startup disk. Then click start or something like that.

(I would check but im on my mac)

Then just reboot your computer with the floppy disk in.

or if you want to disable programs on startup (my guess since the autoexec.bat comment) use a program called 'aa tools' xp doesnt really rely heavily on autoexc.bat anymore...

Booting to the prompt was the means to an end. After all, he said "<b>Better yet</b>, how do I edit the autoexec file in windowsXP pro?" Why not edit autoexec.bat from the DOS shell?

If his hard disk is NTFS formatted, how would the MS-DOS startup disk help? He wouldn't be able to see the C: drive.

type sysedit from the run line and it will pop up your system files for editing. But what in the world are you doing with an Autoexec these days?

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