Help with an interesting problem

I hope someone can help me..... is it possible to boot to
DOS when starting Windows ME? I have a Trojan horse that
was picked up somehow on the computer and the antivirus
program cannot delete it because it comes up with the in
use by Windows error. It is in the Windows/temp directory.
To make it more difficult, the computer does not recognize
the A: drive so using the boot disk is out. If I could
boot to DOS I hope to delete the actual file causing this.
I am used to seeing the boot-to-dos option with other
versions of windows but I do not see it when I F8 on
starting windows ME,

Thanx for any help

Nick

Nick,

is it possible to boot to DOS when starting Windows ME?

No, not without a hack. Instead use a boot floppy. Better though, have you
tried booting to Safe Mode and deleting the file from there?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Nick wrote:

I hope someone can help me..... is it possible to boot to
DOS when starting Windows ME? I have a Trojan horse that
was picked up somehow on the computer and the antivirus
program cannot delete it because it comes up with the in
use by Windows error. It is in the Windows/temp directory.
To make it more difficult, the computer does not recognize
the A: drive so using the boot disk is out. If I could
boot to DOS I hope to delete the actual file causing this.
I am used to seeing the boot-to-dos option with other
versions of windows but I do not see it when I F8 on
starting windows ME,

Thanx for the info Mike - I will try it tonight when I get
back from work and let you know.

Nick

-----Original Message-----
Nick,

is it possible to boot to DOS when starting Windows ME?

No, not without a hack. Instead use a boot floppy.
Better though, have you
tried booting to Safe Mode and deleting the file from
there?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Nick wrote:

I hope someone can help me..... is it possible to boot
to
DOS when starting Windows ME? I have a Trojan horse that
was picked up somehow on the computer and the antivirus
program cannot delete it because it comes up with the in
use by Windows error. It is in the Windows/temp
directory.
To make it more difficult, the computer does not
recognize
the A: drive so using the boot disk is out. If I could
boot to DOS I hope to delete the actual file causing
this.
I am used to seeing the boot-to-dos option with other
versions of windows but I do not see it when I F8 on
starting windows ME,


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