Explains the features of MS-DOS in a Windows 98 environment, including file retrieval, shared data, error messages, DOS utilities, and common problems 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. Introduction 1(4) Part I: The Absolute Basics 5(66) Chapter 1: Getting On with It 7(8) Chapter 2: The PC Hokey-Pokey (Or That's What It's All About) 15(10) Chapter 3: Life at the DOS Prompt 25(10) Chapter 4: File Fitness (Stuff You Do with Files) 35(16) Chapter 5: Easier DOS: The DOS Shell 51(10) Chapter 6: DOS in Windows 61(10) Part II: The Non-Nerd's Guide to PC Hardware 71(82) Chapter 7: Your Basic Hardware: What It Is and Why 73(10) Chapter 8: RAM (Or Memory, the Way We Were) 83(10) Chapter 9: The Video Display (That's the Computer Screen) 93(4) Chapter 10: Keyboard and Mouse (Or Where Is the Any Key?) 97(14) Chapter 11: The Printer (Making the Right Impression) 111(12) Chapter 12: More on Modems 123(16) Chapter 13: All You (Don't) Want to Know about Disks 139(14) Part III: The Non-Nerd's Guide to PC Software 153(72) Chapter 14: Basic Software Setup 155(10) Chapter 15: Software Mystery Grab Bag 165(8) Chapter 16: Playing with the Editor 173(16) Chapter 17: The Hard Drive: Where You Store Stuff 189(22) Chapter 18: Files -- Lost and Found 211(14) Part IV: Yikes! (Or Help Me Out of This One!) 225(48) Chapter 19: When It's Time to Toss in the Towel (And Call a DOS Guru) 227(12) Chapter 20: After You Panic, Do This 239(10) Chapter 21: Diagnosing, Disinfecting, and Getting Help 249(12) Chapter 22: DOS Error Messages (What They Mean, What to Do) 261(12) Part V: The Part of Tens 273(44) Chapter 23: Ten Things You Should Do All the Time 275(4) Chapter 24: Ten Common Beginner Mistakes 279(4) Chapter 25: Ten Things You Should Never Do 283(4) Chapter 26: Ten Favorite DOS Commands 287(6) DOS Command Reference 293(10) Glossary 303(14) Index 317 Book Registration Information Back of Book