never knew DOS system files *weren't* resettable

The subject line should have read "weren't" resettable. Until I learned better that is... the only reason I brought up XP was for the fact that I couldn't see any hidden files no matter what I did (this experiment if you will was to get DOS onto a moderately vintage system. Ok it too would probably be considered off-topic also, but DOS is always on-topic in my book. And should be in yours too! ;). Anyway, what I learned was that you could -s -h at the same time, but weren't allowed to individually -s a hidden file, nor -h a system file (this are the command line switches to be used w/ATTRIB obviously). You could unhide and unsystem at the same time (or *hide* and *system* a file simulataneously). So...I managed to get io.sys and msdos.sys to *materialize* in an XP folder view - this worked for DOS 5.0 (bootdisk.com) but not 6.22. AAMOF the ATTRIB of 6.22 would generate an error - "incorrect DOS version" or whatever when I tried to change things on it. Maybe it's hacked up. Maybe my lt is hacked up LOL. Anyway, all's well that ends well. I got my Fujitsu Stylistic 1000 to boot. Got DOS onto the compact flash card to begin with using the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - in, you guessed it, a USB card reader. You can download it if you look for it. --- Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping