DOS Tutorial

  MS-DOS Operating System Most Personal Computers run under the MS-DOS Operating System. MS-DOS being the Microsoft Disk Operating System. It is estimated that almost 10 million machines run under the MS-DOS Operating System and some …

  Because most of our computers Memory (RAM) is temporary, its contents are erased when we switch off the power. We need a place to store the Operating System, application programs and our work. That’s …

The most fundamental aspects of using computer – 1. working with files, and 2. Organizing those files into directories.     Files A file is simply a collection of information that we store on a …

MS-DOS   Starting MS-DOS… C:\>_   An example of MS-DOS’s command-line interface, this one showing that the current directory is the root of drive C.   Company/ developer: Microsoft OS family: DOS Source model: Closed …

MS-DOS began as QDOS (for Quick and Dirty Operating System), written by Tim Paterson for computer manufacturer Seattle Computer Products (SCP) in 1980. It was marketed by SCP as 86-DOS because it was designed to …

DOS stands for Disk Operating System. DOS controls the computer’s hardware and provides an environment for programs to run. This system program must always be present when working with our computer.   There are a …

To activate DOS from Windows we will need the following steps: 1) Locate the MS-DOS icon on the Desktop. 2) Now move the mouse-pointer over the MS-DOS icon present on the Desktop and double click …

Once the DOS is loaded into the RAM from the disk, it displays a prompt on the screen, indicating that it is ready to accept instruction from us. We can type all our command at …

Typing a Command Here we explains how to type a command at the command prompt and demonstrates the “Bad command or file name” message.   • To type a command at the command prompt 1. …

  DOS Commands are of two types: • Internal Command • External Command     INTERNAL commands Internal commands do not required any special files for being executed and are brought into the computer’s memory …

External Commands require certain special DOS files to get executed. External commands are MS-DOS utilities / programs. These are the .EXE or .COM programs located on our hard drive. They are normally placed under C:\DOS, …

The DIRECTORY command is like a table of contents in a book. This directory will list the following information: • Filenames • File extensions • Size of each file • Date and time the file …

When we type the DIR command and press enter, the files begin to scroll vertically on our screen. If we have a lot of files it is difficult to read each one. By holding down …

We can add a PAUSE command to our directory command which will allow us to view our directory one screen at a time.   Directions: 1. Type: dir/p and press Enter.   2. The screen …

When we need to quickly view our files, we can add a /W to the directory command. This will display our files into five columns on the screen.   Directions: 1. Type: dir/w and press …