MS-DOS – 30 Tips in 30 Minutes Instructor Guide

By: Kevin O'Neill

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The following instructor guide is meant for one to review pertinent tips and tricks in regard to MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). MS-DOS famously became the foundation of the personal computer revolution. It has stood the test of time and still holds value as the backbone of the personal computers operating system. Therefore, this guide is meant to be utilized by an individual whom will be reviewing via a demonstration format some cool tips that a general user who will be using MS-DOS – can utilize in order to save time. The guide can also be utilized by any individual interested in self-study learning some core and key aspects of MS-DOS. Core tips reviewed are: Basic Fundamentals 1. Ver 2. Ver > ver.txt 3. Dir 4. Dir /w /p 5. Type ver.txt 6. * Wildcard symbol 7. Cls 8. Dir |Find "ver" 9. Print 10. Help | more Core Commands 11. /? Switch 12. Dir /s /b > files.txt 13. Notepad files.txt 14. Dir *ver*. * /s 15. CD.. 16. Tree /a > tree.txt 17. Dir /o:-n 18. Fn – F7 Networking Commands 19. Ipconfig /all | more 20. Start 21. Ping 22. Systeminfo | more 23. Driverquery | more 24. Netstat 25. Net accounts Directory Commands 26. Dir /a:d 27. Dir | find /v 28. Dir /s /q /a:sh /p 29. Dir /s *.txt;*.xls 30. Dir /o:d /t:w /a:-d