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    NC6400 boot to command prompt?

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by john_u, Oct 5, 2010.

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    My nc6400 (Windows XP Professional) isn't booting. I would at least like to boot to command prompt, to copy data to another machine.

    When I hold down the F8 key during the boot process, it gives a menu with the option Safe Boot to Command Prompt. When I choose that, I still get a Windows splash screen, and then it freezes. Is there another way (without a CD) to boot to command prompt?

    John U.
     
    john_u, Oct 5, 2010
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