Use these guidelines to locate information about your system.

Serial number:

Look on the label on the bottom of

 

the computer to find the serial

 

number .

 

 

System BIOS version:

Restart your system. You’ll see the

 

system

BIOS version

number

 

displayed on the screen when your

 

system performs power-on

 

diagnostics.

 

System

Start SETUP and select the System

configuration:

Summary option to see your

 

system‘s

configuration.

MS-DOS version:

At the MS-DOS prompt, type VER

 

and press Enter to see the MS-DOS

 

version

number.

 

Software versions:

In Windows applications, select

 

About from the Help menu. As

 

your software application starts, it

 

usually displays a version number

 

on the banner screen. Also, you can

 

check

your software manual.

CONFIG.SYS:

At the MS-DOS prompt, type

 

TYPE

C:\CONFIG.SYS and press

 

Enter to see a listing of your

 

CONFIG.SYS file, which contains

 

system

configuration

commands.

AUTOEXEC.BAT:

At the MS-DOS prompt, type

 

TYPE C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT and

 

press Enter to see a listing of your

 

AUTOEXEC.BAT file,

which

 

contains

your system

startup

 

commands.

 

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