DOS For Dummies - A Reference For The Rest Of Us!

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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 Book Registration Information Back of Book