[dba-Tech] Boot to command line in Windows 7

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Wed Feb 9 16:39:40 CST 2022


Thanks Stuart,
That got me part way there, but Iit's been so long since I booted this old
box that I've forgotten the password. But at least I'm up.  Now all I have
to do is ransack my memory, what little of it remains.

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:40 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> Does pressing and continuing to hold down the F8 key as soon as you power
> up  give you
> the "Advanced Boot Options" screen?
>
>
> On 9 Feb 2022 at 10:00, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>
> > I have an ancient box with win 7. I want to boot directly to the
> > command ine, skipping Windows, so I can run chksk /f.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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Arthur


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