User manual WINTERNALS ERD COMMANDER 2003

[. . . ] ERD Commander 2003 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 © 2003 Winternals Software LP ERD Commander 2003 User's Guide Table of Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 1. 2 Overview of Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sample Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 ERD Commander 2003 Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8 2. 9 2. 10 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Booting with ERD Commander 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] /P Prompts for confirmation before deleting each file. /S 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 Read-only files S System files H Hidden files A 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. Winternals Software Page 38 ERD Commander 2003 User's Guide 3. 12. 10 Dir Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory. DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/P] [/W] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/O[[:]sortorder]] [/S] [/X] [drive:][path][filename] Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list. /P /W /A Attributes /O Sortorder Don't pause after each screen of information. Displays files with specified attributes. D Directories R Read-only files H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving S System files - Prefix meaning not List by files in sorted order. N By name (alphabetic) S By size (smallest first) D By date & time (earliest first) - Prefix to reverse order Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories. This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file names. If no short name is present, blanks are displayed in its place. /S /X 3. 12. 11 Echo Displays messages or turns command echoing on or off. ECHO [message] [on | off] message on off Message to display. Turns command echoing off. 3. 12. 12 Exit Exits the command prompt EXIT 3. 12. 13 Help Provides Help information for ERD Commander 2003 built-in Command Prompt commands. HELP [command] Command Displays specific information on the specified command. Winternals Software Page 39 ERD Commander 2003 User's Guide 3. 12. 14 Map Displays drive letter to partition mappings. This command displays the drive letter assignments made by ERD Commander 2003. For each drive you will see the device name, volume label, file system type and drive size. If the System account or Administrators group is denied access to an NTFS drive because of the security settings applied to the drive's root directory, the file system type will be <?>. Use the Volume Properties dialog for the volume to unlock the drive. An example mapping is shown below: Mapped drive letters: A: C: WINXP NTFS D: DEV NTFS E: SRC NTFS F: MSDN NTFS G: GAMES NTFS H: I: Audio CD CDFS \Device\Floppy0 \Device\HarddiskVolume2 \Device\HarddiskVolume3 \Device\HarddiskVolume4 \Device\HarddiskVolume5 \Device\HarddiskVolume6 \Device\CdRom0 \Device\CdRom1 7. 81 10. 69 4. 48 2. 41 8. 50 GB GB GB GB GB 0. 00 MB 3. 12. 15 Mkdir/Md Creates a directory. MKDIR [drive:]path MD [drive:]path MKDIR creates any intermediate directories in the path, if needed. For example, assume \a does not exist then: mkdir \a\b\c is the same as: mkdir \a mkdir \a\b mkdir \a\b\c Winternals Software Page 40 ERD Commander 2003 User's Guide 3. 12. 16 Move Moves or renames a file or directory. MOVE Source [Target] Source Target Specifies the path and name of the file(s) to move. Specifies the path and name to move file(s) to. 3. 12. 17 Rmdir/Rd Removes (deletes) a directory. RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path RD [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path /S Removes all directories and files in the specified directory in addition to the directory itself. Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with /S /Q 3. 12. 18 Screen Sets console screen information. SCREEN [width height] width height Specifies width of the console window. Specifies height of the console window. 3. 12. 19 Set Displays, sets, or removes command prompt environment variables. SET [variable=[string]] variable string Specifies the environment-variable name. Specifies a series of characters to assign to the variable. Type SET without parameters to display the current environment variables. Winternals Software Page 41 ERD Commander 2003 User's Guide 3. 12. 20 Start Starts a program in a new command prompt window. START [program] [parameters] program parameters Specifies the program. Specifies the parameters for the program. 3. 12. 21 Time Displays the current time. TIME 3. 12. 22 Type Displays the ASCII contents of a file. TYPE filename The TYPE command displays the contents of a file. You can pause the output at any time by pressing CTRL-S, and abort the output by pressing CTRL-C. 3. 12. 23 Ver/Version Displays ERD Commander 2003's version number. VERSION VER Winternals Software Page 42 ERD Commander 2003 User's Guide 3. 12. 24 Xcopy Copies files and directory trees. XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/P] [/S] [/W] [/C] [/E] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U] [/K] source Specifies the file(s) to copy. [. . . ] If a file is deleted it will be marked with a red X. If a file or directory is found but it cannot be determined which directory it belongs to (possibly because the parent directory is destroyed) then it is placed in a directory labeled "<orphan>" and marked with X. It is possible for there to be multiple orphan directories, each corresponding to a different directory that no longer exists. · · · · Winternals Software Page 74 ERD Commander 2003 User's Guide 5 Frequently Asked Questions Why do I get access denied errors when I try to replace a system's Registry hives?If you are running a utility that accesses the Registry of the system being repaired you will be unable to replace the Registry hives. [. . . ]