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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] CHKDSK [Chkdsk] CLS [Cls] COPY [Copy] DATE [Date] DEL [Del_Erase] DIR [Dir] Checks a disk and displays a status report. Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory. Winternals Software Page 44 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide DISKPART [DiskPart] Performs disk and volume partitioning and configuration. ECHO [Echo] Displays messages, or turns command echoing on or off. ERASE [Del_Erase] EXIT [Exit] HELP [Help] Deletes one or more files. Provides Help information for ERD Commander 2005 commands. MAP [Map] MD [Mkdir_Md] MKDIR [Mkdir_Md] MOVE [Move] RD [Rmdir_Rd] RMDIR [Rmdir_Rd] SCREEN [Screen] SET [Set] Displays drive letter to partition mapping. Sets, displays, or removes environment variables. START [Start] Starts a program in a new command prompt window. TIME [Time] TYPE [Type] Displays the current time. Displays the contents of a file. Winternals Software Page 45 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide VER [Ver_Version] Displays ERD Commander 2005 version number. VERSION [Ver_Version] Displays ERD Commander 2005 version number. XCOPY [Xcopy] Copies files and directory trees. 4. 10. 3 Attrib Displays or changes file attributes. ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A] [+S | -S] [+H | -H] [[drive:][path]filename] [/S] + R A S H /S Sets an attribute. Processes files in all directories in the specified path. 4. 10. 4 Buffer Sets console screen buffer information. Winternals Software Page 46 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide BUFFER [width height] width height Specifies width of the console buffer. Specifies height of the console buffer. 4. 10. 5 Call Calls one batch program from another. CALL [drive:][path]filename [batch-parameters] batch-parameters Specifies any command-line information required by the batch program. 4. 10. 6 Chkdsk ERD Commander 2005 includes a clone of the Windows 2000/XP Chkdsk utility for analyzing and correcting file system corruption. Run Chkdsk, which is located in the system32 directory of the ERD Commander 2005 CD-ROM, from a command prompt window. The ERD Commander 2005 Chkdsk supports a subset of the Windows Chkdsk command-line options: Usage: chkdsk [/F] [/X] [/R] [drive:] /F /X Fixes errors on the disk. /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. [. . . ] When prompted, enter the verification information requested to confirm overwriting the correct disk or volume. Winternals Software Page 81 ERD Commander 2005 User's Guide 4. 28 Autoruns 4. 28. 1 Autoruns Autoruns allows you to identify potential malware and applications which may be consuming system resources. 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. [. . . ]