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@ECHO OFF
CLS
ECHO WELCOME BACK.
ECHO IN LESSON TWO YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO CREATE A DIRECTORY, COPY FILES
ECHO FROM ONE SOURCE TO ANOTHER, AND HOW TO CHANGE DRIVES
ECHO GOOD LUCK
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO CHANGING DRIVES NEEDS A VERY SIMPLE COMMAND.
ECHO ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT DRIVE DRIVE YOU WANT TO GO TO.
ECHO ON MOST COMPUTERS DRIVE C: IS THE HARD DRIVE.
ECHO A HARD DRIVE IS A DRIVE THAT GENERALLY HOLDS TEN OR MORE MEGABYTES OF
ECHO MEMORY OR MORE INSIDE OF YOUR COMPUTER. A MEGABYTE (MB FOR SHORT)
ECHO IS A SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT USED IN COMPUTER MEMORY.
ECHO TO GET TO A SPECIFIC DRIVE YOU MUST TYPE "(DRIVE LETTER):".
ECHO AN EXAMPLE: TO GET TO DRIVE C TYPE IN "C:".
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO TO CREATE A DIRECTORY YOU MUST TYPE "MKDIR (NAME OF DIRECTORY TO CREATE)".
ECHO MKDIR STANDS FOR: MAKE DIRECTORY.
ECHO AN EXAMPLE: MKDIR WP51
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO TO COPY A FILE FROM ONE DISK DRIVE TO ANOTHER (ONLY IF YOU HAVE TWO DISK
ECHO DRIVES) YOU WOULD TYPE "DISKCOPY (NAME OF FIRST DRIVE) (NAME OF SECOND
ECHO DRIVE).
ECHO AN EXAMPLE: DISKCOPY A: B:
ECHO TO COPY FROM A DRIVE TO YOUR HARD DISK YOU WOULD TYPE "XCOPY (NAME OF
ECHO DRIVE TO COPY FROM) C:\(NAME OF DIRECTORY TO COPY TO. IF COPYING STRAIGHT
ECHO TO THE C:\DRIVE AND NOT TO ANOTHER DIRECTORY JUST TYPE "C:/").
ECHO XCOPY STAND FOR XEROX COPY (TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL AND MAKE A COPY OF IT
ECHO SOMEWHERE ELSE).
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO YOU HAVE NOW COMPLETED LESSON TWO. IF YOU FEEL YOU KNOW THE MATERIAL
ECHO PRESS "CTRL C" TO QUITE AND TYPE "LESSON3" TO GO TO THE NEXT LESSON.
ECHO THIS TEST CONSIST OF A FEW SHORT QUESTIONS. READ EACH QUESTION TO YOURSELF
ECHO AND THINK OF THE ANSWER THAN PRESS ANY KEY TO FIND OUT THE ANSWER.
ECHO GOOD LUCK.
ECHO TO TAKE THE TEST
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO 1) HOW DO I MAKE A DIRECTORY ON A COMPUTER?
PAUSE
ECHO ANSWER: TYPE IN "MKDIR (NAME OF DIRECTORY)"
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO 2) HOW DO I COPY A FILE FROM ONE DISK DRIVE TO ANOTHER
PAUSE
ECHO ANSWER: TYPE "DISKCOPY (FIRST DRIVE LETTER) (SECONDD DRIVE LETTER).
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO 3) HOW DO I COPY A FILE ONTO MY HARD DRIVE?
PAUSE
ECHO ANSWER: TYPE "C:\(DIRECTORY TO COPY THE FILE ONTO, OR LEAVE IT BLANK
ECHO TO SEND IT STREIGHT TO THE C DIRECTORY) (DRIVE TO COPY IT FROM)
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO 4) HOW DO I CHANGE DRIVES?
PAUSE
ECHO TYPE IN "(LETTER OF DRIVE):"
PAUSE
CLS
ECHO IF YOU GOT THEM ALL RIGHT, GO TO THE NEXT LESSON.
ECHO IF YOU ONLY GOT THREE OR LESS OF THEM RIGHT, HIT "CTRL C" TO
ECHO QUIT THIS PROGRAM, AND THEN TYPE "LESSON2" TO REDO THIS LESSON.
PAUSE
LESSON3