Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Getting Started in the DOS Interface

DOS has an easy to use interface which is used primarily for the following functions:
Formatting Drives/Disks
Running Programs
Setting Up Directories
Working with Directories and Subdirectories

This instructional blog will cover the above basic functions,
in addition to an overview of the following DOS commands:
FORMAT- formats a disk
DIR- displays a directory
MD- creates a directory
RD- removes a directory
CD- moves the user to a different directory
COPY- copies a file or directory
MOVE- moves a file or directory
DEL- deletes a file or directory
REN- renames a file of directory

To enable DOS using Windows, simply click on Start-Run and type "cmd". This will open the DOS Command Interface. Let's get started!

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