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Please view my Notices page before viewing this area, it is not complete!
This is work in progress.

 

Setting Up DOS
Disk And File System Issues
Error Messages
BIOS
Missing Commands
Miscellaneous


 

Setting Up DOS

How do I install 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 conventional memory?
How do I set up a DOS startup menu? (MS-DOS 6.0 and up)
How do I set up expanded and extended memory?

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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 DOS? **

How do I defragment a drive?

Where can I learn about the FAT file system?

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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").

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BIOS

** How do I enter BIOS/CMOS setup? **
How do I clear a BIOS password?
Why doesn't my computer keep time when its turned off?
How do I change the backup battery?

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Missing Commands

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

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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 surf 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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