MS DOS Commands

sand king SG

POWER

Conserve power with computer portables.

sand king SG

Make a batch file with this Laughing

kopiosatu SG

what i used to use...

format c: /(can't remember what letter) /(can't remember what letter)
defrag c: /(can't remember what letter)

dir/p

dir|list

rename blah.exe bleah.exe

edit config.sys
edit autoexec.bat

there's somemore, but its been years since i've touched dos.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

This one is OK as long as no programs are running and no screensaver, except disk defragmenter.

Best to run in Safe Mode, without anything disturbing it.

fdisk is what you need to be careful.

fdisk can delete or create partitions, once you do that, bye bye. Mr. Green

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Actually I got, because I very lazy to go to Start > Shutdown > Shutdown

I created this batch file to turn off PC. Every time just double click can liao.

Another way to scare them, create this batch file:

@echo on
echo shutting down the computer
shutdown.exe -s -t 00

Save it as clickme.bat Laughing

Those itchy hand one will know what happen...

kopiosatu SG

DOS got safe mode one meh?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Not DOS... but other versions of Windows... the same thing applies...

kopiosatu SG

oh... OH... so u guys haven't touched dos as a standalone program before?

i had to type "win" to go into windows 3.1, which was very new at that time.
then wait for minutes before is started up.

sand king SG

I love sgforums, now im like way ahead of my class Mr. Green . I need help on echo, idk nuts about it.

sand king SG

im need to get to know these lingos Laughing

sand king SG

SETLOCAL

Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything els.

sand king SG

Time

View or modify the system time.

Date

View or modify the system date.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

The oldest Windows I touched was 3.1 and was merely point and click.

The use of commands was unknown to me at that time (only 4 years old nia)

sand king SG

TREE

View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.

Ect. A family tree.

TREE c:\(folder name) /f <-- Im still not sure why theres a /f here but i always use it.

sand king SG

SCANDISK

Run the scandisk utility.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I don't really know what echo does...

I see a few batch files have echo command, then I write something similar... as long as it doesn't crash my PC, it's ok... Laughing

sand king SG

PRINT

Prints data to a printer port.

sand king SG

Mr. Green sian, i cannot practice MS DOS at home, using a Mac, haha only get to play with MS DOS 2 times a week Crying or Very sad

sand king SG

NSLOOKUP

Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network. Mr. Green

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Just get pirated Windows... they are very cheap and a second hand PC. Quite cheap too... those uber old can liao, since you want to play with DOS nia Laughing

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