how can i copy a document from diskette to desktop using command prompt?

Answer 1

I think Fujita... missed ur question - "Copy to DESKTOP"

Now thats a difficult one as the one he has mentioned just copies to a certian drive.

Although Windows has an address (eg C:\FOLDER\FILE) for the desktop, it is not revealed to the lay-user.

If you wanted to copy to a particular place like C: or D: or C:\Windows etc you could use the above command.

The practical way would be to copy first to a drive probably C: remember the file name (or write it down with the extention) , boot into windows & go to the place where u had copied it & then copy paste to the desktop............phew...!!!

Answer 2

First, find the path to your desktop:

1. Go to Windows Explorer (go to Start, Run, type "explorer.exe" without the quote marks, and click ok).
2. In the tree of folders on the left, at the very top, should be "Desktop". Right-click on it, and go to properties. In here, you should show the full pathname of this folder. Should be something like "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop", where "Owner" would be the name of your windows login name.

Now, go to the command prompt, by clicking Start, Run, and typing "cmd" and hit OK.

Go to the floppy drive, by typing "A:" and hit enter
now type "copy c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop" (except replace owner with whatever it was) and hit enter. If that doesn't work, try placing the desktop path in quote marks.

EXAMPLE:

copy finances.xls "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop"

Answer 3

What FujitaSen said was accurate if a bit mystifying.

It should look something like this at the command prompt:

copy a:/yourfile.txt c:/directory/directory2/



In this example "yourfile.txt" is the name of the file you want to move from the floppy, and "directory/directory2" is the directory tree you want to place the file into.

Answer 4

A:\>copy "filename.doc" "C:\Documents and Settings\(your username)\Desktop"

Answer 5

COPY [/Y|-Y] [/A][/B] [d:][path]filename [/A][/B] [d:][path][filename] [/V]