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Basic DOS Introduction
- 2009-05-12
- Categorized in: TUTOR(dot)COM
A tutorial that summarizes the basics of dealing with DOS, the disk operating system used on IBM-PC computers before Windows made an appearance.
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Title screen: Intro to DOS. |
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Operating systems. |
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Parts of DOS. |
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Input/Output system. |
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Command Processor. |
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Starting the computer. |
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Default drive. |
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Device names. |
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Rules for filenames. |
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DOS commands. |
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Command syntax. |
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Disk directory. |
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Three simple commands (CLS, VER, and VOL). |
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Date and Time. |
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Format disk. |
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Additional comments. |
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Erasing files and renaming files. |
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Copying files. |
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Copy command tricks. |
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Use copy to create a text file. |
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XCOPY. |
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Typing a file. |
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Backing up a disk. |
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Checking the disk. |
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Notes. |


























