Peter Norton’s Complete Guide to DOS 6.22 PDF
Preview Peter Norton’s Complete Guide to DOS 6.22
NO PE V \ i V V - J .1 / J > , x J J J i_^ 1=J i J .! v J ; Find out how to effectively manage, configure, and maximize your system with advice from the world's leading authority Features a handy command survival guide tear-out card Loaded with tips and secrets for Windows users Upgrade from DoubleSpace to DriveSpace sAms DOS Quick Reference to 6.22 Peter Norton's Complete Guide to DOS 6.22 makes it easy to find everything you need to make DOSworkforyou, including Procedures,Tips, ProblemSolvers, and Peter's Principles. Procedure Pa9e CreateaNew Directory inDOS Shell 83 Expand andCollapse DOSShell's DirectoryTree 86 MoveorCopy Multiple Files inDOS Shell 106 Change FileAttributes in DOS Shell 121 Launch a ProgramfromDOS Shell'sFileList 137 CreateandManage a DOS Shell Program Item 153 SelectFilesforaBackupSetup 366 Copy a HugeFile toAnotherComputerviaFloppy Disks 389 Restore theLatestVersionsofIndividualFiles 406 Restore FilestoDifferentDrives and Directories 409 ScanYourHard DriveforViruses 420 Recovera Deleted Directory and ItsFiles 446 RecoverCross-LinkedFiles withCHKDSK 469 OptimizeYourHard Drive ->Lj BreakCommandOutput into Pages 562 Bypass theStartupFilesduring Booting "10 "36 Prune andGraftaDirectory ConvertaDoubleSpace Floppy to DriveSpace 724 Page Tips ChangingCurrentDrive withCtrlKey Irrespective ofContext 80 PressCtrl orAlt toChange the DragProcedure inMid-drag 115 Savingdisplay modeandscreencolorchoices inDOSSHELL.INI 160 OpeningHelpwindowwiththeSyntax topicforthe requestedcommand 191 Optimizingthe PATH command 1"4 Using DELTREEforone-stepdeletionofdirectoriesandbranches 227 When to use Ctrl+Break tocancelaprogram in midstream 254 Configuringthe PRINTTSRtocontrolprintjobs 258 When to include the /Uswitch in the FORMAT command 278 Addingrem, echo, cls, and PAUSEcommandstoyourAUTOEXEC.BATfile 331 Undoingfile selections in Backup withasingle safestep 372 Ideletingfileswithout letting UNDELETE preserve them 447 ContinuesonInsideBackCover to i New What's in this Edition Two books inone: now covers all advanced DOS topics Highlights new DOS 6.22 features and incompatibilities with earlier DOS versions Shows you how to upgrade from DoubleSpace to DriveSpace Separate chapters on Windows use, Multimedia and the Internet Step-by-step hands-on tutorial approach inpractically every chapter Peter's Principles for the most intelligent use ofDOS commands OnYourOwn exercises to consolidate yourgrasp ofeach chapter Tear-out Survival Guide thatyou'll want to stick toyourmonitor Easy-tofindgeneralprocedures formost common tasks Problem-Solvers for immediate lookup when you're in trouble Tips and Cautions forWindows (and network) users throughout the book Even more Tips that put DOS commands at yourcommand Comprehensive and detailed Command Reference now enhanced with chaptercross-references Retains thorough coverage ofDOS 6.0, 6.2, DoubleSpace and the DOSSHELL Peter Norton's Complete Guide to DOS 6-22 Peter Norton sAms PUBLISHING 201 West 103rdStreet, Indianapolis, Indiana46290 ••••«•••••••••••••• © Copyright 1994 by Peter Norton FIRSTEDITION All rightsreserved. 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Swadley Marketing Manager Page Layout GreggBushyeager RobFalco Acquisitions Manager AleataHoward Stacy Hiquet Assistant Marketing AyanaLacey Manager Managing Editor ShawnMacDonald MichelleMilner CindyMorrow Casey Price Cover Designer ClairSchweinler Acquisitions Editor TimAmrhein SusanShepard SuntharVisuvalingam Dennis Wesner Book Designer Development Editor AlyssaYesh Proofreading SuntharVisuvalingam MichaelBrummit Director ofProduction and Production Editor Manufacturing CherylCameron James Grass Kimberly K. Hannel JeffWaller DonnaHarbin Editor Imprint Manager Brian-KentProffitt RyanRader JuliCook S.A. Springer Editorial Coordinator Manufacturing Coordinator Indexer BUIWhitmer PaulGilchrist Chris Cleveland Editorial Assistants Production Analysts CarolAckerman DennisClay Hager SharonCox Mary Beth Wakefield LynetteQuinn Graphics Image Specialists Technical Reviewers TeresaForrester GordonArbuthnot ClintLahnen RuthAshley TimMontgomery Dennis Sheehan GregSimsic SusanVandeWalle JeffYesh 257 1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••A • Overview QuickReference ix Acknowledgments xvi Introduction xvii Part 1 Getting Acquainted 1 1 GettingAcquainted withYour System 3 2 GettingAcquainted with DOS 19 3 How DOS Organizes Data 3 4 SettingUp YourSystem 45 Part 2 DOS Shell 59 5 GettingAcquainted with DOS Shell 61 6 Managing Directories 77 7 Selecting Files in the Shell 93 8 Copying and Moving Files in DOS Shell 103 9 Additional File Management in the Shell 119 10 Running Programs from DOS Shell 135 11 Customizing the Shell 151 Part 3 DOS Commands 169 1 Working at the Command Prompt 171 13 DOSKEY 197 14 Managing Directories 211 1 Copying and Moving Files 229 16 Additional File Management 245 1 Formatting and Unformatting Disks 265 18 Additional Disk Management 283 19 The DOS Editor 297 11 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 » # »« 999###94 •••••••••••«•••»•» 20 Basic Batch Programs 317 2 Configuring YourSystem 333 Part 4 Managing Your System 345 22 Avoiding Disaster: AnOverview 347 MSBACKUP MWBACKUP 23 and 353 24 Restore and Compare 39 { 25 DOS's Antivirus Programs 415 26 Using UNDELETE 437 27 CHKDSK and SCANDISK 461 28 Optimizing Your System 473 29 Managing Memory 477 30 Additional Memory Facilities for386, 486, and PentiumComputers 479 3 Caching the Drives 499 RAM 32 Drives 515 33 Defragmenter 521 34 DriveSpace and DoubleSpace 535 35 Putting It All Togetherbefore Advancing 549 Part 5 Advanced DOS 557 36 DOS at YourCommand 559 37 Programming Logic in Batch Programs 583 38 Starting Up DOS 609 39 Directory Management 621 40 Advanced CopyingTechniques 631 41 INTERLNK 649 42 Windows on DOS 663 43 DOS and the Environment 687 44 Squeezing Even More Out ofMemory 705 45 A Second Look at DrvSpace and DblSpace 717 46 Additional Techniques for Handling Data 735 1 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••a 47 Advanced Rescue Techniques 745 48 Console Control 761 49 AnotherCountry Heard From 785 50 PrintingThrough DOS 805 5 Configuring Disks andNetworks 823 52 The Multimedia PC 835 53 Upgrading to QBASIC 843 54 FDISK 867 55 Riding the Internetwith DOS 875 Part 6 Command Reference 885 CommandReference 887 A Device Drivers 1065 B Exit Codes 1089 C IBM ExtendedCharacters 1093 Glossary 1097 Index 1115
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