DOS For Dummies - A Reference For The Rest Of Us! [3rd edition, 1999] 0-7645-0361-8

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DOS For Dummies - A Reference For The Rest Of Us! [3rd edition, 1999]
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Table of contents :
Introduction 1

Part I: The Absolute Basics 5
Chapter 1: Getting On with It 7
Chapter 2: The PC Hokey-Pokey (Or That’s What It’s All About) 17
Chapter 3: Life at the DOS Prompt 27
Chapter 4: Easier DOS: The DOS Shell 37
Chapter 5: The Way Windows Was 47
Chapter 6: DOS in Windows 95/98 61

Part II: The Non-Nerd’s Guide to PC Hardware 71
Chapter 7: Your Basic Hardware: What It Is and Why 73
Chapter 8: RAM (Or Memory, the Way We Were) 83
Chapter 9: The Video Display (That’s the Computer Screen) 93
Chapter 10: Keyboard and Mouse (Or Where Is the “Any” Key?) 97
Chapter 11: The Printer (Making the Right Impression) 113
Chapter 12: More on Modems 125
Chapter 13: All You (Don’t) Want to Know about Disks 141

Part III: The Non-Nerd’s Guide to PC Software 155
Chapter 14: Basic Software Setup 157
Chapter 15: Software Mystery Grab Bag 167
Chapter 16: Playing with the Editor 175
Chapter 17: The Hard Drive: Where You Store Stuff 191
Chapter 18: File Fitness (Stuff You Do with Files) 213
Chapter 19: Files — Lost and Found 229

Part IV Yikes! (Or Help Me Out of This One!) 241
Chapter 20: When It’s Time to Toss In the Towel (And Call a DOS Guru) 243
Chapter 21: After You Panic, Do This 255
Chapter 22: Diagnosing, Disinfecting, and Getting Help 265
Chapter 23: DOS Error Messages (What They Mean, What to Do) 277

Part V. The Part of Tens 239
Chapter 24: Ten Things You Should Do All the Time 291
Chapter 25: Ten Common Beginner Mistakes 295
Chapter 26: Ten Things You Should Never Do 299
Chapter 27: Ten Favorite DOS Commands 303

DOS Command Reference 309

Glossary 319

Index 335

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