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THE MICROSOFT DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY (MSD)
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:
msd <ENTER>
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:
msd /p a:computer.inf <ENTER>
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:
edit a:computer.inf <ENTER>
If you want to print the file, press:
<ALT>
f
p
<ENTER>
Store the printed output in a safe place where you can
find it.
This section is finished. It is an excerpt from LEARNING DOS FOR
THE COMPLETE NOVICE, by Steven Woas, copyright 1993. When you register
this program, you will receive the 336 page book, LEARNING DOS FOR THE
COMPLETE NOVICE which covers DOS 3.2 through DOS 6. To register send
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