Can't see folder in command prompt in Windows 10
I have a hard drive that I need to copy from one drive to the other in a Windows 10 machine. The source drive has a single folder, read only. When I try to run robocopy
, it does not not see the folder on the source drive. I can see the folder in Windows Explorer, and run files from the source drive, but I cannot navigate to that folder in command line. I do not want to mess with the attributes of the source if I can avoid it, as the source drive was recovered from a failing hard drive. Both drives are internal and connected via SATA.
Any idea why I can't see it in command line?
Solution 1:
You have changed the folder on D:
, but you have stayed on C:
as your
current disk.
Use the
CD command
with the /D
parameter to also change the disk:
cd /d D:\620547
Or do the equivalent two commands:
cd D:\620547
D:
Solution 2:
Any idea why I can't see it in command line?
Your cmd shell is still on the c:
drive.
You need to use cd /d d:\620547
to change the drive and the folder:
/D : change the current DRIVE in addition to changing folder.
Source: CD Change Directory - Windows CMD - SS64.com