You cannot see NTFS partitions from DOS. You can, however, see them (and
read/write) using NTFSDOS Pro. The site below has links to many different
boot disks that you may find helpful.

http://www.bootdisk.com/

Bart's PE boot disk is a live bootable Windows CD:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

NTFSDos Pro:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDosProfessional.html

If XP is on an NTFS partition a dos boot floppy will do you no good.
you could gain access to the sytem by booting with the XP cd and entering
the repair console

You already have a boot disk. It is the XP CD that came with your computer.

Your XP CD is your boot disk that will allow you see your C: Drive from
command prompt.

Set your computer to boot from CD
Upon boot it will require to select any key to boot from CD
Boot from XP CD
At the first screen with options - Select the letter R for repair
It will then prompt which installation which usually number 1
Then it will prompt you for the administrative password. - Note: This is not
your user account password
   This is the password (if one is assigned) that you would use when you
boot into Safe Mode and select Administrator
   Most cases for most users there is no password. Then just hit the enter
key.
Then you will be command prompt C: Drive.
Type dir and you will see your hard drive tree.
From there type the word HELP and you see a list of command line commands.
For each command type the command followed by /? to see the parameters
allowed.

Example - chkdsk /?

Hope this helps

Michael Wayne