how to show bootlog?

[jakkwb]

Greetings all-
This is a silly question, but here goes:

How do you get the bootlog files to show up? I run the option in windows startup (f8) but the files are not visible.

thanks,

Al

[0E_Exception]

Open windows explorer, click on view>folder options>view

then select show all files

This will allow you to see all the files in your system.

[Ya_know]

[quote]Originally posted by 0E_Exception:
<strong>Open windows explorer, click on view>folder options>view

then select show all files

This will allow you to see all the files in your system.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Sorry OE, I think he wanted to see the hidden files in Command prompt mode.

You are going to need to familiarize yourself with the attrib command (short for attribute).

for instance, at the command prompt, at the root, type in
attrib io.sys

Then what you should see is
SHR io.sys c:\io.sys
S is system, H is hidden, and R is read only. To remove the hidden attrib, type
attrib -h io.sys

Now you really have to know the file names ahead of time, or it can be a little difficult. To do that use DIR /ah . the /a is for attribute, again h is hidden. If you type dir/? You can see all of the options under the /a switch, so you could use /ashr, and show files that have all three attributes.

It may sound complicated, but fumble around with the DOS help switch and you will do fine.

Happy hunting!

[Ya_know]

OK, maybe I am the one that needs to check my glasses. If you want to view in windows, use OE's explaination, in DOS, use mine, just transpose the IO.sys that I used, with bootlog.txt . I just used IO.sys as an example, because it had so many attributes. I didn't realize you were asking for a specific file...

Also you could use
Edit bootlog.txt
at the command prompt.