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Setting Up DOS

** How do I install/reinstall DOS? **

How do I change the keyboard layout?
How do I access the CD-ROM?
How do I set up a soundcard?
How do I set up a mouse?
Why do dates and times apear in the wrong format?
I don't have an AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file?
How do I change the display mode?
How can I change the typematic rate?
How do I change the colours?

What should be in my CONFIG.SYS file?
What should be in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file?
How do you make a boot disk?
** How do I free up memory? **
** How do I obtain over 640K conventional memory? **
** How do I set up expanded and extended memory? **
How do I set up a DOS startup menu? (MS-DOS 6.0 and up)

 

Disk And File System Issues

** How do I do a low level format? **
** How do I partition and format a hard disk drive? **
** How do I format a compressed drive? **
How can bad sectors be fixed?

** Can LFN's be used in pure DOS? **

How do I defrag my hard disk drive?

Where can I learn about the FAT file system?

 

Error Messages

** No rom basic installed. **
** Missing operating system (also covers "No operating system") **
Non system disk or disk error.

Bad command or filename (also covers "Command or filename not recognized").
Invalid drive specification (also covers "Invalid drive specified").
Incorrect MS-DOS version (also covers "Inncorrect version of Operating System").

 

BIOS

** How do I enter BIOS/CMOS setup? **
How do I clear a BIOS password?
Why does my computer not keep time when I switch it off?
How do I change the backup battery?

 

Missing Commands

I don't appear to have QBASIC
I don't appear to have certain commands
Where can I get DOSSHELL?

 

Miscellaneous

How do I create a file/directory with the current date?
Where can I get a list of all DOS commands?
How do I connect to the Internet using DOS?
Where can I download version X.XX of DOS?
Where can I download software/abandonware/warez?
How can I rename a directory?
Where can I learn about batch file programming?
** How can I save/print a list of files? **

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