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Question

what is wrong with my command prompt

Dec 29, 2014 6:51AM PST

in windows 7 when I bring the dos prompt up and type E D or G:\ I get 'is not reconized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Please help coz this has to be the most simplest of all comands

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All of those would be incorrect. So close.
Dec 29, 2014 6:56AM PST

E:
D:
G:

Missing the colon or adding a slash changes it to something else.
Bob

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To add to Bob's
Dec 29, 2014 5:46PM PST

you can add "CD" (no quotes and case doesn't matter) and a space before the drive letter. From there you can add the slash and even follow it with a directory name. Once you get to the directory tree entries you don't use spaces. Personally, I've not found too many reasons to use the command prompt to display drives and their file structures. It gets really messy with long file names and odd names you can give to folders.

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command prompt
Jan 6, 2015 4:39AM PST

Hi,

May be for enter into specifin drive have to specify with :\ for example C:\ or E:\ and same abd inorder to go te specific folder on that drive it's like C:\ > CD Foldername same for all drive then the tree follows.

Hope this helps.