hi guys, couldnt be bothered signing up to a computer forum for one problem , so thought id check if anyone knew here first...

Ok i am running windows vista and am trying to locate the hosts file.

I have done research on the net but no help.

if i go too: localdisk (C) /windows/system32/drvstore

All that is located the is :
pccsmcfd_4A1E30386F4D0DEC8F5DF262CFBD8845EEBAB175

in that folder is : PCCSMCFD - security catalog
pccsmfd - setup information
pccsmcfd.sys - system file


I did find a site which said to use the cmd.exe i did and followed the instructions and got this.......

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\DIPLOMA OF GRAPHIC D>cd%winder%\system32\drivers\etc
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\Users\DIPLOMA OF GRAPHIC D>cd %windir%\system32\drivers\etc
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc>dir /a /s
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 1480-DA11
Directory of C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
23/02/2010 12:01 PM <DIR> .
23/02/2010 12:01 PM <DIR> ..
23/02/2010 01:18 PM 794 hosts
19/09/2006 05:41 AM 3,683 lmhosts.sam
19/09/2006 05:41 AM 407 networks
19/09/2006 05:41 AM 1,358 protocol
19/09/2006 05:41 AM 17,244 services
5 File(s) 23,486 bytes
Total Files Listed:
5 File(s) 23,486 bytes
2 Dir(s) 123,275,743,232 bytes free
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc>








Any help would be appreciated. Has it been deleted or modified? or is it hidden?? (i have tried to check boxes that say show hidden files but no luck..)


This has been doing my head in since last night and have been trying for agesssss to find it.