• CMD Won't let me change drives..
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[url]http://img192.imageshack.us/f/cmdgl.png/[/url] Some data on my D drive I need to update using CMD. But for some reason when I tell it to change the drive, it gives me the message "D:\" then it goes back to C:.
just do this D: or CHDIR /d D: CD /d D:
It's kicking you out of the drive, what kind of drive is it, Optical, flash memory, or network? If it's a network, the connection could be dropping, and flash or optical could be numerous problems. Try accessing it through Windows Explorer, and see if that brings up any errors.
[B]cd /d D:\[/B] should work, the /d is what's important here.
Oh wow, "cd D:" isn't supposed to work, just type "D:" and it switches to D:.
[QUOTE=wilderbeast;24900666][URL]http://img192.imageshack.us/f/cmdgl.png/[/URL] Some data on my D drive I need to update using CMD. But for some reason when I tell it to change the drive, it gives me the message "D:\" then it goes back to C:.[/QUOTE] Command prompt is really stupid when it comes to these kinds of things. [code]D:[/code] is how to change drives. [code]cd[/code] Is only for changing directories.
Which sort of makes sense, given cd stands for Changing Directory's.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;24900727] CHDIR /d D: CD /d D:[/QUOTE] What? /d isn't a flag for any of those commands. cd is only used for changing directories, not drives. OP just type the drive letter into the terminal. example: D:
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