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- THE MICROSOFT DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY (MSD)
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- New with DOS 6 is an MSD (Microsoft Diagnostics Utility)
- program that will give you plenty of technical
- information about your computer. To run this program, at
- the DOS prompt type:
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- msd <ENTER>
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- Press a highlighted letter for information. You will see
- a lot of interesting information, including what kind of
- computer you are using (80286, 80386, 80486, etc.), what
- kind of monitor and video card, how much memory, and
- more. You can save this information on disk. Here is
- how to do it. Place a formatted diskette in drive A, and
- at the DOS prompt type:
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- msd /p a:computer.inf <ENTER>
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- The above command will save the diagnostic information
- about your computer in a text file called COMPUTER.INF on
- the A drive. Label this disk and put it in a safe place.
- It will even contain a copy of your current AUTOEXEC.BAT
- and CONFIG.SYS files. To view the COMPUTER.INF file, use
- the DOS EDIT program by typing at the DOS prompt:
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- edit a:computer.inf <ENTER>
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- If you want to print the file, press:
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- <ALT>
- f
- p
- <ENTER>
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- Store the printed output in a safe place where you can
- find it.
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- This section is finished. It is an excerpt from LEARNING DOS FOR
- THE COMPLETE NOVICE, by Steven Woas, copyright 1993. When you register
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