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3-4 Helpful Hints The following may save you some time or help you as you use your computer. • Make copies of your diskettes regularly. • To make sure that a command works, you should: - Check your typing (make sure you don't confuse \ with /). - Have the correct diskette in the drive. - Check the contents of the diskette with the DIR command. - Specify the correct diskette drive. - Remember to include the colon (:) when specifying the name of a drive. - Spell the filename correctly. - Use the appropriate extension. (such as *.DOC or *.EXE) • Refer to the DOS Reference for additional information if a command still doesn't work. • Print contents of a disk (if you have a printer) and keep the list with the diskette. • All commands (except DISKCOPY and DISKCOMP) are files that will work on both diskettes and hard disk drives. • The date and time shown with each directory entry are the date and time of the last addition or change to that file. The date and time are not changed during a COPY or a DISKCOPY. 10 Chapter 3: Operating Your System

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3-4
Helpful
Hints
The
following
may
save
you
some
time
or
help
you
as
you
use
your
computer.
•
Make
copies
of
your
diskettes
regularly.
•
To
make
sure
that
a
command
works,
you
should:
-
Check
your
typing
(make
sure
you
don’t
confuse
\
with
/).
-
Have
the
correct
diskette
in
the
drive.
-
Check
the
contents
of
the
diskette
with
the
DIR
com-
mand.
-
Specify
the
correct
diskette
drive.
-
Remember
to
include
the
colon
(:)
when
specifying
the
name
of
a
drive.
-
Spell
the
filename
correctly.
-
Use
the
appropriate
extension.
(such
as
*.DOC
or
*.EXE)
•
Refer
to
the
DOS
Reference
for
additional
information
if
a
command
still
doesn’t
work.
•
Print
contents
of
a
disk
(if
you
have
a
printer)
and
keep
the
list
with
the
diskette.
•
All
commands
(except
DISKCOPY
and
DISKCOMP)
are
files
that
will
work
on
both
diskettes
and
hard
disk
drives.
•
The
date
and
time
shown
with
each
directory
entry
are
the
date
and
time
of
the
last
addition
or
change
to
that
file.
The
date
and
time
are
not
changed
during
a
COPY
or
a
DIS-
KCOPY.
10
Chapter
3:
Operating
Your
System