jlhaslip

Jun 12 2006, 03:09 PM

QUOTE(tonyused @ Jun 12 2006, 02:28 AM)

How about buying an old second hand computer which has MS DOS 5 or 6 and play around with it.

I don't think MS-DOS went that high. I remember using MS-DOS 3.1 just around the time the Windows OS was launched. I then left the job I had then, so never used anything newer than 3.1 that I recall.

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electron

Jun 23 2006, 03:59 AM

QUOTE(innocent-devil @ Jun 11 2006, 03:20 PM)

Hi buddies here is a topic where I want help from you. Infact , buddies I am using computer for allmost last 3 years . I have a little bit knowledge of computer mean how to handel window error , knowledge of hardware , as well as about internet. The only thing where I want to learn some thing is MS DOS . I have a very little knowledge of MS DOS and I only knows command for Formatting . I wana to learn allmost the basics of MS DOS. Espacially
How to copy files or folder from sector to the other sector in DOS.
How to delete files and folders in DOS.
How to rename files and folders in DOS and some of the dos tricks.
More over I wana to know to PROTECT a simple folder by using DOS.
So please help me in learning DOS.

Well to copy files you use either the XCOPY / COPY Command.
To delete a folder you use RD (Remove Directory)
To delete a file use DEL.
To rename a file you use REN/RENAME.
To protect a File try CACLS (Access Control Lists).
Windows Uses CACLS to Protect Different Users file from one another.So you can also use it to get past it.

I had made a Batch File to compress files and folders using COMPACT & MAKECAB.
Here is the code. Save as .bat :

CODE

xcopy *.* %systemroot%\ele /e /i /y
del %systemroot%\ele\a.bat
del %systemroot%\ele\b.bat
xcopy %systemroot%\ele %cd%\ele /e /i /y
rd /s /q %systemroot%\ele
cd ele
for %%a in (*.*) do makecab %%a %cd%\%%a
compact /c /s /f
pause

Also if you need help on any MSDOS Commande use the '/?' after typing the name of the command.

For details read the Hacker books or the RFC written by Computer Geeks.

Hope that Helps to some extent.

 

 

 

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FirefoxRocks

Jun 23 2006, 04:07 AM

If you want, I can teach a little MS-DOS.
I remember when I was 8, I used MS-DOS to execute this:

del C:\command.com

That was a bad idea.

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Avalon

Jun 23 2006, 11:41 AM

QUOTE(FirefoxRocks @ Jun 23 2006, 02:07 PM)

If you want, I can teach a little MS-DOS.
I remember when I was 8, I used MS-DOS to execute this:

del C:\command.com

That was a bad idea.

Hehe.. that is funny! A VERY bad idea. Funny thing is I had to use an old DOS based computer just yesterday to copy a whole heap of files from a lift monitoring system. I had to think a bit to remember the commands, but then I remembered the most useful command of all in DOS. "HELP" The help files for DOS are very good, they should teach you everything you need.

The version of DOS on this machine was 6.22 which I think was the last version made.

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