DOS is microsoft disc operating system. Booting is starting up your computer. DOS is text based.To communicate with DOS, the screen has a prompt where you enter a command.Case insensitive means that capital letters doesnt matter. An example would be Ms-DoS. 4 useful things to learn about DOS.
SET PATH=searches in one direct path.
? in a file name means unknown letter
* in a file name means wild card
. in a directory path stands for current directory.
7 very useful DOS commands.
A:Change current directory path to the floppy disk drive
C:Change current directory path to the hard disk drive
DIR:Display current directory
MD:Make a new directory
CD:Change current directory
COPY:Copy files from one place to another
DEL: delete
DOS organizes disks by directory and disk drive structure
Three requirements that must be met for a file to be named include 1-8 letters, a . , 3 letter referance
An example: andrew. gif
In DOS directories named by the disk drive and all subdirectories needed to specify a directory on a disk
An example would be A:\PICTURES\HOLIDAY\FRANCE
DOS
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