User manual WINTERNALS ERD COMMANDER 2005

[. . . ] ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide Winternals Software LP 3101 Bee Caves Road, Suite 150 Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 330-9130 (512) 330-9131 Fax www. winternals. com Copyright © 2005 Winternals Software LP ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide Table of Contents 1 2 Welcome to ERD Commander 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sample Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 The Boot CD-ROM Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 3. 5 3. 6 3. 7 3. 8 3. 9 3. 10 3. 11 3. 12 3. 13 3. 14 3. 15 3. 16 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] /R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /f) Winternals Software Page 47 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide If you specify a drive that has open files, for instance because you are running an application from the drive, you must use the /X switch. However, the /X switch does not work on the system drive of an installation you are repairing if you are running any utilities that access the Registry of that installation. The ERD Commander 2005 utilities that access the Registry include Regedit, Explorer, Service and Driver Manager, System Information, and Event Log Viewer. Make sure that you close these applications before running Chkdsk against the system drive. 4. 10. 7 Cd/Chdir Displays the name of or changes the current directory. CHDIR [drive:][path] CHDIR [. . ] CD [drive:][path] CD [. . ] ". . " specifies that you want to change to the parent directory. Type CD drive: to display the current directory in the specified drive. Type CD without parameters to display the current drive and directory. 4. 10. 8 Cls Clears the screen. CLS Winternals Software Page 48 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide 4. 10. 9 Copy Copies one or more files to another location. COPY source [destination] Source Specifies the file or files to be copied. Destination Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s). Wildcards can be used in both the source and destination file name specifications. 4. 10. 10 Date Displays the current date. DATE 4. 10. 11 Del/Erase Deletes one or more files. DEL [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] [[drive:][path]filename ERASE [/P] [/F] [/S] [/Q] [/A[[:]attributes]] [[drive:][path]filename [drive:][path]filename Specifies the file(s) to delete. Winternals Software Page 49 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide Specify multiple files by using wildcards. /P Prompts for confirmation before deleting each file. /F /S Force deleting of read-only files. Delete specified files from all subdirectories. /Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard /A Selects files to delete based on attributes Attributes R H Read-only files Hidden files S A System files Files ready for archiving - Prefix meaning not The display semantics of the /S switch are reversed in that it shows you only the files that are deleted, not the ones it could not find. 4. 10. 12 Dir Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory. DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/P] [/W] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/S] [/X] Winternals Software Page 50 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide [drive:][path][filename] Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list. /P Don't pause after each screen of information. Displays files with specified attributes. Attributes D H Directories Hidden files R A Read-only files Files ready for archiving S System files Prefix meaning not /O Sortorder List by files in sorted order. N S D /S By name (alphabetic) By size (smallest first) By date & time (earliest first) Prefix to reverse order Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories. /X This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file names. [. . . ] You can see what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and when you login. Winternals Software Page 82 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide 4. 29 Running External Commands 4. 29. 1 Running External Commands The ERD Commander 2005 operating environment allows you to run Win32 applications other than those included on your product CD. Such External Commands may be found on the volumes of the computer that you wish to repair, or on the network. However, because the ERD Commander 2005 environment is different than that of Windows, many applications launched within it either behave incorrectly or fail to run. It should also be noted that different Windows installations provide different versions of many commands, so a particular External Command found on one system may work, while that found on another system may not. [. . . ]