Windows XP SP3 Command Prompt Issue

manulekamanuleka
edited February 2009 in Science & Tech
i'm having problem navigating through command prompt

i ran cmd on run and brings up the command console... 
C:\Documents and Settings\manu>_
so i just typed in cd i: for my USB Drive and i only get D:\> displayed underneath and then back to C:\Doc.... 
C:\Documents and Settings\manu>cd i:
I:\ 
C:\Documents and Settings\manu>_
now i thought it's the hard drive so when i enter d: for my second partition on local drive same thing happens: 
C:\Documents and Settings\manu\>cd d:
D:\
C:\Documents and Settings\manu\>_
funny thing is i can move to C: using cd .. twice so i moved to C:\ by using cd .. when i get to C:\ i tried cd i: and cd I: and cd d: and CD D: [i also tried chdir and don't seem to work... i also have another partition E: which i can't get to through command prompt

I realise i can only move through C:\ and it's folders... using cd .. and cd folder_name

all these drives i can browse and write stuff to using explorer... is this weird or am i missing something?

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2009
    cd = change directory

    so cd .. goes back one level in a directory path. cd \ goes back to the root c:\> for example.

    To change drives you just put in i: to change to your i drive or d:
    so if you are at c:\> and want to go to i:\> you just put in i: at the prompt.

    Note if you are at c:\documents and settings> and you put in i: you'll go to i:\> if you then go back to c: you'll still be at c:\documents and settings>
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2009
    You don't type "CD driveletter:" you just type "driveletter:" and hit enter.
  • manulekamanuleka
    edited February 2009
    lol.... thanks kryyst... i think i've been pondering too much on Linux directory file system...
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