If your Windows XP OS is in a FAT32 partition, It wont recognize an NTFS partition. So you cant access the files you are trying to recover. You can try converting the OS system partition to NTFS or if you insist on running FAT32, the whole disk must be FAT32, meaning you will have to work on the disk before Windows loads. ie Change 1st boot to CD and use a disk utility disk. Quote that you can find anywhere- " Large disks need the NTFS, not the neolithic(stone age) FAT32". DOS prompt=C:\ went away during the versions development of Win95. Windows DOS prompt=C:\>, Windows template over the DOS. In XP, you have a "Command Prompt", willing to perform some DOS commands. DRB