FORMATTING:
format a:			The command to format a High Density(HD) Diskette.
format a: /f:720		The command to format a Double Density(DD) Diskette.

DISKCOPY: Duplicates diskettes.
Diskcopy A: B:		Copies the disk in the A drive, to the disk in the B drive.
Diskcopy A: A:		Copies the disk in the A drive, to the disk in the A drive.
		When prompted:	Insert SOURCE Diskette in drive A:
			Press any key to continue...
	Follow the instructions then,
		When prompted:	Insert TARGET Diskette in drive A:
			Press any key to continue...
WARNING:	Diskcopy will only duplicate a High Density(HD) diskette to another HD diskette, or a Double 					Density(DD) diskette to another DD disk.  Also, Diskcopy will erase whatever is on the destination disk, 			and copy all the files from the source.

COPY: Used to make duplicate of files onto other diskettes.
Copy A:text.doc B:text2.bak	Copies text.doc from the A: drive, to the file Text2.bak on the B: drive.
Copy B:text?.doc A:		Copies any file with the extension of .doc and begins with text to the A: 						drive.
Copy A:*.* B:			Copies all files from drive A: to drive B:
Copy text.doc text.bak		Copies text.doc on the current drive to the same drive as text.bak.

DIR:  Allows you to check the directory of the machine, and/or diskette.
Dir A:		Allows you to check the directory of your diskette.
Dir A: /p		Will split the directory, so that you can view it page by page on the screen.
Dir A: /w		Will arrange your files into columns across the screen.

Making Directories:
md A:DIR1			Makes a new dirctory named DIR1, onto your diskette.
md A:DIR1\FUN		Adds another directory named FUN into the first directory DIR1, on your diskette.

Changing Directories: To switch back and forth between directories, you must use the CD command.
cd..				Moves you back one directory from G:\LOGIN\users\Student> to  							G:\LOGIN\users>.
cd..\..			Moves you back two directories from G:\LOGIN\users\Student> to G:\LOGIN>.
cd users			Moves you to the next directory, from G:\LOGIN to G:\LOGIN\users>.
DOS COMMANDS


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