On 14/02/2018 11:36, Andrew Mawson wrote:

The thought of booting some operating system from a USB stick that will
allow me to see the DOS files on the C: drive

I thought of BartPE but find it is no more.
I shall go roll my trousers.

and write CDs though does
sound quite possible


or in that case possibly write to another USB stick if you wish



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Robin
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