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3-COPY

Allows the user to copy one or more files to an alternate location.

Examples

copy *.* a:

Copy all files in the current directory to the floppy disk drive.

copy autoexec.bat c:\windows

Copy the autoexec.bat, usually found atroot,and copy it into thewindows directory; the autoexec.bat can be substituted for anyfile(s).

copy "computer hope.txt" hope

Copy the file "computer hope.txt" into the hope directory. Wheneverdealing with a file or directory with a space, it must be surroundedwithquotes.Otherwise you'll get the "The syntax of the command isincorrect." error.
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4-Move

Allows you to move files or directories from one folder to another,or from one drive to another.

Examples

move c:\windows\temp\*.* c:\temp

Move the files of c:\windows\temp to the temp directory in root, thisis of course assuming you have the windows\temp directory.

move "computer hope" example

If your directory name has a space, it must be surroundedwithquotes,otherwise you will get a "The syntax of the command isincorrect." error message.

5-DelDel is a command used todeletefiles from the computer.

Examples

del test.tmp

Deletes the test.tmp in the current directory, if the file exists.

del c:\windows\test.tmp

Delete the c:\windows\test.tmp in the windows directory if it exists.
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del c:\windows\temp\*.*

The * (asterisks) is awild character, *.* indicates that you would

like to delete all files in the c:\windows\temp directory.

del c:\windows\temp\?est.tmp

The ? (question mark) is a single wild character for one letter, whichmeans this command would delete any file ending with est.tmp suchas pest.tmp or zest.tmp.

6-mkdir

Allows you to create your owndirectoriesin MS-DOS

Examples

mkdir test

The above example creates the "test" directory in the currentdirectory.

mkdir "computer hope"

The above command would create a directory called "computerhope", if you want a space in your directory name it must besurrounded in quotes.
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7-rmdir

Removes an empty directory in MS-DOS. To delete directories

with files or directories within them the user the /S option.

Examples

rmdir c:\full

If a directory contains files or folders when attempting to deletethe directory you will receive "The directory is not empty." errormessage.

rmdir c:\test

Remove the test directory, if empty.

rmdir c:\test /s

Remove the test directory, if contain files.

8-rename

Used to rename files and directories from the original name to a

new name.

Examples

rename c:\chope hope

Rename the directory chope to hope.


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rename *.txt *.bak

Rename all text files to files with .bak extension.

9-Cls

Cls is a command that allows a user to clear the complete

contents of the screen and leave only a prompt.

Examples

cls

Running the cls command at the command prompt would clear yourscreen of all previous text and only return theprompt.

10-DateThe date command can be used to look at the current date of the

computer as well as change the date to an alternate date.

Examples

date

Display the current date and prompt for a new one. If no date isentered, the current date will be kept.
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1.2 Recovery console Commands

The Microsoft Windows recovery console was first introduced in

Microsoft Windows 2000 and is available in all later versions of

Windows including Windows XP. This feature enables users to get to

a mode that allows them to recover, change, or fix files or settings

that may be causing their computer not to boot properly.

Below is a listing of some of the available recovery

consolecommands .These commands can only be accessed

through the recovery console and are not available through the

standard MS-DOS prompt.

1-Chkdsk

Chkdsk is a utility that checks the computer's hard drive status for

any cross-linked or any additional errors with thehard drive.

Examples

chkdsk

Will display all information described above and also report anycrossed linked files.

chkdsk /f

Will fix any crossed linked files;
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2-Fixmbr

The fixmbr command is a recovery console command that

creates a new boot record.

Examples

fixmbr

In the above example the boot record would be re-written for thedisk drive.

3-Fixboot

The fixboot command is a recovery console command that

creates a new partition boot sector.

Examples

fixboot C:

In the above example the boot sector would be written to the C:drive.
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1.3 Network CommandsBelow is a listing of the various network related commands

used in MS-DOS.

1-Ping

Helps in determiningTCP/IPNetworksIPaddress as well as

determine issues with the network and assists in resolving them.

Examples

ping localhost

Pings the local host, this will allow you to see if the computer is ableto send information out and receive the information back. Note thatthis does not send information over a network but may allow you tosee if the card is being seen.

ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Allows you to ping another computer where the x's are located arewhere you would place the IP address of the computer you areattempting to ping. If this is not able to complete, this should relayback an unsuccessful message, which could be an indication of cableissues, network card issues, hub issue, etc.
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2-Ipconfig

Ipconfig is a DOS utility that can be used from MS-DOS and a MS-

DOS shell to display the network settings currently assigned and

given by a network. This command can be utilized to verify anetwork connection as well as to verify your network settings.

Examples

To get your computers local network IP address, subnet mask, anddefault gateway typing ipconfig alone will display this information asshown below.

ipconfig

To get all local network information for your computer use the /allswitch as shown below

ipconfig /all

ipconfig /release

It will release the current IP address.

ipconfig /renew

It will set a new IP address.

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