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- LEARNING DOS FOR THE COMPLETE NOVICE, 2nd Edition
- copyright 1993 by Steven Woas
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- Part I Introduction
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- Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- What is DOS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- What does DOS do?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- Assumptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- Part II Groundwork
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- How to Read this Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- Special Keyboard Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- Special Key Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
- Introductory Computer Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- Questions and Answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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- Part III DOS Basics
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- Starting DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
- Getting Out of a Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
- Setting the Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
- Your DOS Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
- Clearing the Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
- Changing to a Different Drive. . . . . . . . . . 30
- Turning the Computer Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
- Diskettes and Write Protection . . . . . . . . . 32
- 5¼" Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
- 3½" Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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- Displaying a Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
- Making Sense of a Directory Listing. . . . . . . 38
- Extensions--The Key to Computing Success . . . . 39
- Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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- Viewing Text Files on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . 46
- Using the DOS TYPE Command . . . . . . . . . . . 46
- Use EDIT with DOS 5 or Later . . . . . . . . . . 48
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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- Printing Text Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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- Printing Graphic Screens
- With DOS 3.3 and Earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
- With DOS 4.0 and Later . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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- The CHKDSK Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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- The MEM Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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- Formatting Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
- Formatting Commands with
- DOS 4.0 and Later. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
- The Unconditional Format . . . . . . . . 63
- The Quick Format Command . . . . . . . . 63
- The Unformat Command . . . . . . . . . . 64
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
- Formatting a Disk with the System on it. . . . . 67
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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- Copying
- Copying a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
- Copying a File with only One Floppy Drive. . . . 74
- Copying a File Between Two Floppy Drives . . . . 75
- Copying Files Using Wildcards. . . . . . . . . . 77
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
- Copying a 5¼" Disk to a 3½" Disk . . . . . . . . 80
- Copying a 3½" Disk to a 5¼" Disk . . . . . . . . 82
- Copying a Group of Files to
- Multiple Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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- Deleting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
- Deleting with Wildcards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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- Undeleting Files with DOS 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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- File Name Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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- Renaming Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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- Part IV Hard Drive Fundamentals
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- Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
- Directory Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
- Getting to the Root Directory. . . . . . . . . . 97
- Root Directory Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . 99
- The Tree Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
- Making a Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
- Changing Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
- Displaying the Current Directory . . . . . . . .103
- Creating a Text File Using COPY CON. . . . . . .103
- Removing a Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
- Deleting Files on a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . .109
- Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
- Tips and Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
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- Installing Software on a Hard Drive. . . . . . . . .118
- Copying a Diskette to a Hard Drive . . . . . . .119
- Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
- Copying a File to Your Hard Drive. . . . . . . .123
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- The ASSIGN Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
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- Copying Files From Your Hard Drive
- To Floppy Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
- Copying File by File . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
- Copying Using Wildcards. . . . . . . . . . . . .127
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
- Copying an Entire Directory to a Floppy Disk . .130
- Copying a Directory Requiring
- Multiple Target Disks. . . . . . . . . . . .131
- Copying Files Between Directories. . . . . . . .134
- Copying with Full Path Specifications. . . . . .134
- A Much Simpler Way . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
- Copying Entire Subdirectories
- to Other Subdirectories and Drives . . . . .136
- Copying a Directory with Subdirectories
- to Another Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
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- How to Make Simple Batch Files . . . . . . . . . . .141
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
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- The PATH Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
- Setting Your PATH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
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- The AUTOEXEC.BAT File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
- Making a Bootable Floppy Disk. . . . . . . . . .149
- Backing Up the Root Directory
- of Your C Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
- Modifying an Existing AUTOEXEC.BAT File. . . . .151
- Making a New AUTOEXEC.BAT File . . . . . . . . .153
- Removing a Menu or Shell from
- the AUTOEXEC.BAT File. . . . . . . . . . . .154
- How to Make a Program Start
- Automatically from a Diskette. . . . . . . .154
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- The CONFIG.SYS File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
- Viewing a CONFIG.SYS File. . . . . . . . . . . .156
- Making a New CONFIG.SYS File with COPY CON . . .157
- Making a CONFIG.SYS File
- with an Editor or Word Processor . . . . . .159
- Modifying a CONFIG.SYS File. . . . . . . . . . .160
- DOS 5 and the CONFIG.SYS File . . . . . . . . .162
- Third-Party Memory Management Software . . . . .167
- Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
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- DOSKEY--A Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
- DOSKEY Macro Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
- THE DOSKEY COMMAND LINE EDITOR . . . . . . . . .171
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- Backing Up Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
- Backing Up Your Entire Hard Drive. . . . . . . .173
- Restoring Your Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
- Making Partial Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
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- How to Unzip Zipped Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
- Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
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- Running Programs Written in BASIC. . . . . . . . . .181
- Getting Out of BASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
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- Hard Drive Defragmenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
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- Hard Drive Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
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- DOS Shells and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
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- Part V DOS 6 Section
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- New DOS 6 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
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- The DOS 6 HELP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
- Printing HELP Information. . . . . . . . . . . .193
- Help with Other Commands . . . . . . . . . . . .194
- Getting Out of Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
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- Defragmentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
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- DELTREE--The Ultimate Wipe-Out . . . . . . . . . . .197
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
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- The MOVE Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
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- The Microsoft Diagnostic Utility (MSD) . . . . . . .200
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
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- Undeleting Files with DOS 6. . . . . . . . . . . . .202
- Installing Delete Tracker. . . . . . . . . . . .203
- Installing Delete Sentry . . . . . . . . . . . .204
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- DOS 6 and the AUTOEXEC.BAT File. . . . . . . . . . .205
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
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- The DOS 6 CONFIG.SYS File. . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
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- The DOS 6 "Clean Boot" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
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- The DOS 6 "Interactive Boot" . . . . . . . . . . . .214
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- MEMMAKER to Optimize Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . .215
- MEMMAKER--the Express Setup. . . . . . . . . . .216
- Undoing MEMMAKER's Changes . . . . . . . . . . .219
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- DoubleSpace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
- DoubleSpace Cautions: . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
- Running DoubleSpace Express Setup. . . . . . . .222
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
- Defragmenting a DoubleSpaced Drive . . . . . . .225
- Using DoubleSpace on Floppy Disks. . . . . . . .226
- Compressing a Floppy Disk. . . . . . . . . .227
- Mounting a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . .228
- Unmounting a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . .228
- Deleting a Compressed Drive. . . . . . . . .229
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
- Formatting a Compressed Drive. . . . . . . . . .230
- Removing DoubleSpace . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
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- Virus Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
- Before You Use the Anti-Virus Programs . . . . .232
- Using the Anti-Virus Programs. . . . . . . . . .233
- VSAFE for Memory-Resident Virus Protection . . .234
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
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- Backing Up with DOS 6 MSBACKUP . . . . . . . . . . .236
- Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
- Running the MSBACKUP Compatibility Test. . . . .237
- The Different Backup Types . . . . . . . . . . .240
- Selecting a Backup Type. . . . . . . . . . .241
- Help with Backup Options . . . . . . . . . . . .241
- Performing a Full Backup . . . . . . . . . . . .243
- Including or Excluding Files to Back Up. . . . .245
- Saving Your Backup Setups. . . . . . . . . . . .247
- Selecting Saved Backup Setup Files . . . . . . .248
- Developing A Backup Strategy . . . . . . . . . .249
- Backup Catalog Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
- Restoring a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
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- Conserving Power on Laptops. . . . . . . . . . . . .253
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- Part VI Reference
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- Shareware Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
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- Summary of Important DOS Commands. . . . . . . . . .264
- Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
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- The Most Common DOS Error Messages . . . . . . . . .272
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- Suggested Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
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- 101 Computer Acronyms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
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- Glossary of File Name Extensions . . . . . . . . . .281
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- Glossary of Computer Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
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- Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
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