More DOS for Dummies

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[rear cover:] You asked for it, you got it! Many of the 1.5 million "DOS For Dummies" readers have written to us asking for even more DOS tips and information, more advanced DOS techniques, and more of Dan Gookin’s humor! So IDG Books Worldwide and Dan Gookin bring you "MORE DOS For Dummies", a book that ambushes and wrestles DOS to the ground. If you’ve read "DOS For Dummies", you’ll love this new book! Packed with more topics that you asked for, this handy reference shows you how to handle new and more advanced DOS tasks--all in the famous light-hearted "...For Dummies" style! Inside, find more friendly advice on how to: • Manage memory, create and use macros, deal with viruses, and more! • Organize your hard drive, files, and subdirectories; • Discover Dan’s 10011 DOS tips and dirty tricks you can play on your friends; • Uncover everything you ever wanted to know (almost) about batch files but were afraid to ask; • Tweak DOS for your needs, including how to modify CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT; • Discover the latest version of DOS--covers Version 6.2; • Find out all about that ASCII thing; • Plus, more hilarious Rich Tennant cartoons. More DOS for Dummies - Front Cover 'For Dummies' Book Series Half-title Title Page Printer's Imprint About the Author About IDG Books Worldwide Acknowledgments Publisher's Acknowledgments Contents at a Glance Cartoons at a Glance Table of Contents Introduction PART I: The Eternal Game of DOS Futzing Chapter 1: The Big Picture Chapter 2: Messing with the DOS Prompt Chapter 3: Changing the Dreary Prompt Chapter 4: Command Line Headaches? Take a DOSKey (and Call Me in the Morning) Chapter 5: Another DOSKey Trick (But One Few Bother With) Chapter 6: General Futzing Part I: CONFIG.SYS Chapter 7: The Wacky World of Configuration Commands Chapter 8: The Dry and Boring Configuration Command Summary Chapter 9: General Futzing Part II: AUTOEXEC.BAT Chapter 10: Making AUTOEXEC.BAT Work PART II: More Stuff Chapter 11: More on Files Chapter 12: More on... the DIR Command Chapter 13: More on... Copying and Moving Files Chapter 14: More on... Deleting and Undeleting Files Chapter 15: More on... Disks and Drives Chapter 16: More on... Subdirectories PART III: Batch Files ‘n’ Stuff Chapter 17: Batch File Basics Chapter 18: Batch File Command Round Up (or “Yikes! Where Did I See That Before?”) Chapter 19: Respecting the Environment Chapter 20: Being Clever with I/O Redirection and Filters Chapter 21: The Colorful and Lively World of ANSI PART IV: Keeping Your Stuff Organized Chapter 22: Taming the Wild Hard DiskTerritory Chapter 23: Keeping House (or Playing House, Depending on Your Mood) Chapter 24: Worrying about Disks, RAM Drives, and All That Chapter 25: Messing with Memory Management PART V: Shortcuts and Tips Galore Chapter 26: 1100101 DOS Tips Chapter 27: Dirty Tricks (to Play on Your Friends) Chapter 28: The Last Chapter Index Notes (blank pages) Discover 'Dummies' Online! IDG Books Worldwide Book Registration Rear Cover