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Can someone advise what needs to be done to change to different drives,
the old CD (change directory command) does not work. There is no
Autoexe.bat files to add commands and drives.
You use to be able to change from C drive to another drive as per this
example (in the old days): c:\user CD d:\ it just stays on c:\user
instead of going to d:\
 
Warren said:
Can someone advise what needs to be done to change to different drives,
the old CD (change directory command) does not work. There is no
Autoexe.bat files to add commands and drives.
You use to be able to change from C drive to another drive as per this
example (in the old days): c:\user CD d:\ it just stays on c:\user
instead of going to d:\
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No. It's the same as it always was. Even if you change the current
directory on D:, you still need to switch to D: to be there. Just type:

D: <return>

...to do that.

For extra commands, try making a folder in C:\WINDOWS called 'command' or
something, and add it to your PATH using that command, or the Environmental
Variables section on System Properties (that way is easier to do, by Pasting
the current path into Notepad and editing there, as you get messed around
with broken return lines in the console window).

ss.
 
Warren said:
Can someone advise what needs to be done to change to different drives,
the old CD (change directory command) does not work. There is no
Autoexe.bat files to add commands and drives.
You use to be able to change from C drive to another drive as per this
example (in the old days): c:\user CD d:\ it just stays on c:\user
instead of going to d:\
Click to expand...


Just type the drive letter without "cd" at the prompt....works OK here.
 
Warren said:
Can someone advise what needs to be done to change to different drives,
the old CD (change directory command) does not work. There is no
Autoexe.bat files to add commands and drives.
You use to be able to change from C drive to another drive as per this
example (in the old days): c:\user CD d:\ it just stays on c:\user
instead of going to d:\
Click to expand...

CD is change DIRECTORY, not change drives. To change drives, just type
the drive letter followed by a colon:

C:\> d:
D:\>

Or you can use the /d switch on the CD command:

C:\dir1> cd /d d:\somedir
D:\somedir>
 
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