Containing advice on making DOS programs Year 2000 compliant, this manual highlights the popular applications of working with DOS. This edition covers version 6.22.
Containing advice on making DOS programs Year 2000 compliant, this manual highlights the popular applications of working with DOS. This edition covers version 6.22.
Dan Gookin has written more than 30 bestselling computer books, including PCs For Dummies??, Buying a Comptuter For Dummies??, Illustrated Computer Dictionary For Dummies??, and Word 2000 For Windows?? For Dummies??.
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Introduction.
PART I: The Absolute Basics.
Chapter 1: Getting On with It.
Chapter 2: The PC Hokey-Pokey (Or That's What It's AllAbout).
Chapter 3: Life at the DOS Prompt.
Chapter 4: Easier DOS: The DOS Shell.
Chapter 5: The Way Windows Was.
Chapter 6: DOS in Windows 95/98.
PART II: The Non-Nerd's Guide to PC Hardware.
Chapter 7: Your Basic Hardware: What It Is and Why.
Chapter 8: RAM (Or Memory, the Way We Were).
Chapter 9: The Video Display (That's the Computer Screen).
Chapter 10: Keyboard and Mouse (Or Where Is the "Any" Key?).
Chapter 11: The Printer (Making the Right Impression).
Chapter 12: More on Modems.
Chapter 13: All You (Don't) Want to Know about Disks.
PART III: The Non-Nerd's Guide to PC Software.
Chapter 14: Basic Software Setup.
Chapter 15: Software Mystery Grab Bag.
Chapter 16: Playing with the Editor.
Chapter 17: The Hard Drive: Where You Store Stuff.
Chapter 18: File Fitness (Stuff You Do with Files).
Chapter 19: Files -- Lost and Found.
PART IV: Yikes! (Or Help Me Out of This One!).
Chapter 20: When It's Time to Toss In the Towel (And Call a DOSGuru).
Chapter 21: After You Panic, Do This.
Chapter 22: Diagnosing, Disinfecting, and Getting Help.
Chapter 23: DOS Error Messages (What They Mean, What to Do).
PART V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 24: Ten Things You Should Do All the Time.
