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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (8190)	7/19/1999 3:28:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Clarence, 1) type it out (probably the fastest) 2) From NT: open a: and hit alt/print screen, then use paint or whatever to capture the image and convert it to a jpeg file and mail the jpeg. 3) copy the contents of the floppy to a folder on your hdd (call it "x" for instance. boot to dos and do the command: dir c:\x>c:\contents Then go back to NT and find the file c:\contents which will have the directory list. Probably PW has a faster way, but I'm first with it. w

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (8190)	7/19/1999 3:33:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

What do you want? The DOS directory listing? A snapshot of explorer? Do you want to print it? Capture it in a text file? Capture it as a picture? In short, what's your real problem? To capture a DOS directory listing in a text file, in a DOS box type DIR A:, then copy the screen to the clipboard and paste it into a text file in Notepad or some such. To copy to the clipboard, right click the title bar, choose Edit then Mark. Drag the copy area with the mouse and hit enter. That copies to the clip board. Then open notepad and paste into text window. For a printed listing, in the DOS box (excuse me, at the command prompt window), type DIR A:\ >LPT1 This directs the output of DIR to LPT1. This may leave the printer in a funny state because there won't be an end-of-page, so print something trivial from Windows afterward. I'm sure there's a way to force the page, but I don't know it. Spots

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (8190)	7/19/1999 3:42:00 PM
From: Wizzz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Clarence, If you want the directory to go to the contents of a file, which then can be attached (or copied and pasted) to the body of an email, at the dos prompt, type: dir a:\ > c:\temp\floppy.txt Then the file, "floppy.txt" in directory, "c:\temp" can be sent anywhere, including the printer. If subdirectories are present on the floppy, a /s after a:\ would help. Wizz

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (8190)	7/19/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Copy directory to floppy ... You've already received some clear posts on how to do this, so I'll toss some sand into the gears and make it complex. Before doing the 'real thing', do a DIR /? and look at the options at your disposal. Especially important is the /AH (Attribute Hidden) which the support people may need to see. You may want to include subdirectories too with the /S. You can combine more than one switch, for example: DIR /AH /S /OD, the order isn't important but the spaces are. Once you see what you want on screen, you're ready to re-direct the output to a file. "DIR STUF. /AH /O-S > SUPPORT.STF" Note: this is just an example. You'll choose your options, if any, differently. Once the file is created, open it with notepad and check that you're happy with the results. If you are, you can copy it to a floppy with Windows Explorer. Cheers, PW. P.S. I guess I just wanted you to try the /? switch and discover the available options for DIR. P.P.S. Someone on the joke thread told the story of a tech support guy asking the user to send him a copy of his floppy. A couple of days later, an envelope arrived with a photocopy of his floppy disk! P.P.P.S. Actually, it was her disk!