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MS DOS problem

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underflipped
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im having trouble with my ms dos.. i was told it was supposed to say C:\> where mine says C:\documentsandsettings/owner> . why is this and is this wrong?
Dec 21 2005 9:56PM
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dg101
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different version? it should be the same, maybe the one using the > is a 98 version, while the one you see is xp?
Dec 21 2005 9:58PM
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underflipped
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yeah i have xp
Dec 21 2005 10:03PM
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dg101
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i think its just different, not wrong. but yea, dont count on that because i dont know much about dos
Dec 21 2005 10:23PM
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yeti
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cd\

that will get you to the main c prompt.
Dec 21 2005 10:24PM
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yeti
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nothing is wrong, just that the command prompt in xp is just a virtual console so it brings you to that.

Wow i feel old...and surprissed i still remember dos commands haha
Dec 21 2005 10:25PM
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sneather
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ya i used to be so good at using DOS but now i don't know anything about it.
Dec 21 2005 10:27PM
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