Windows User's Guide to DOS - Using the Command Line in Windows 2000 Professional

The audience for this book.
This book is written for a course that focuses exclusively on DOS, for the DOS portion of a network or programming class; as a supplement to a Windows 2000 Professional course, or for a class that follows an introduction to Windows 2000 Professional.

Why learn dos?
Those with little or no computer experience believe DOS is "dead." However, the expansion of network computing and the vast number of businesses running legacy DOS applications make knowledge of DOS and the Windows 2000 command line indispensable. Command syntax, parameters, parsing commands, and troubleshooting are all handled better from the command line interface rather than the graphical user interface.
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 4.5, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Novell all offer command line programming. Batch file programs are useful in all these operating systems. Batch file programming skills are critical in the networking world, as well as on a stand-alone computer system.

Contents

1. Getting Started with the Operating System
2. Command Syntax: Using the DIR Command with Parameters and Wildcards PDF File
3. Disks and Formatting
4. Program Files, Data Files, and Subdirectories
5. Internal Commands: COPY and TYPE
6. Using DEL, REN, MOVE, and RD /S
7. Using ATTRIB, SUBST, XCOPY, DOSKEY, and the MS-DOS Text Editor
8. Organizing and Managing Your Hard Disk
9. Pipes, Filters, and Redirection
10. Introduction to Batch Files
11. Advanced Batch Files
12. Connectivity
13. Protecting Your System
14. Advanced Troubleshoooting-CMOS, Memory, and the Registry

Appendix A: Installing the WINDOSBK Directory and Shareware Registration
Appendix B: Command Summary
Appendix C: ANSI.SYS Keyboard Scancode Values
Appendix D: Using FDISK to Partition the Hard Disk