Copying the Reference and Utility Files

If you have a hard disk, you’ll probably want to copy some of the files on your Reference diskette and Utility diskettes to the hard disk. This allows you to run the programs directly from your hard disk instead of having to insert a diskette into the drive. Use the COPY command (described in your MS-DOS Reference Manual) to copy the following files from the Reference diskette to your hard disk:

AFDD.EXE COREFIX.EXE ESPEED.EXE HDSIT.COM HDSIT.VER ROMBIOS.COM

The Reference diskette also contains files for the Setup program and the System diagnostics program. However, you should always run these programs from the Reference diskette in drive A; so do not copy these files to your hard disk.

The Utility diskettes contain VGA utilities that allow you to display graphics in certain high-resolution modes. If you want to use any of these extended modes on your VGA monitor, you’ll need to use some of the VGA utilities on the Utility diskettes. It is best to copy the files you need to your hard disk as well. See Appendix A for a list of the utilities and instructions for using them.

3-2 Using Your Computer