User`s guide

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Handy Cheat Sheet
Here are some of the most often needed or forgotten notes.
CTRL-ALT-DEL .......................................................... Warm Reboot
Reset button, or
Power button ................................................................... Cold Reboot
F2 during power up ..................................................... Access SETUP
CTRL-BREAK, or
CTRL-C............................ Pause or Break an application or batch file
DOS Commands
COPY [filename] [drive:][path][newfilename].................. copies a file
FORMAT [drive:] ......................................... erases and formats a disk
DIR [drive:][path]............ lists the files in a certain drive and directory
DEL [filename]................................................................ deletes a file
MD[newdirectory] ............................................ makes a new directory
RD[directoryname] ........... removes and erases an empty, old directory
RENAME [oldfilename][newfilename] ......................... renames a file
CHKDSK [drive:] ............................. displays a status report for a disk
CD[path]..............................................changes to a different directory
CLS ........................................................................... clears the screen
Common DOS file extensions
.BAK ..................................................................................backup file
.BAT ..................................................................................... batch file
.COM............................................................... command program file
.EXE............................................................... executable program file
.SYS ................................................................................... system file
.INI .............................................................Windows initialization file
.PIF................................................ Windows program information file
README files ................................ text files with special instructions
Handy Cheat Sheet