You can also use the MS-DOS COPY or EDLIN command to create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Follow these steps to create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file with the COPY command:

1.If you are creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your hard disk, log onto the root directory of your hard disk. (Type CD C : \ and press Enter.)

If you are creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your Startup diskette, insert the Startup diskette into drive A and log onto that drive.

2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press Enter:

COPY CON: d:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

where d is the drive that will contain the

AUTOEXEC.BAT file you are creating. This drive must be the drive from which your computer loads MS-DOS. For example, if you load MS-DOS from drive C, type the following and press Enter:

COPY CON: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

3.Now enter the commands you want to include in the file. Type them exactly as you want MS-DOS to execute them, and in the order you want MS-DOS to perform them. Press Enter at the end of each line. After you type the last command, press Enter to move the cursor to the next line.

4.Press F6 and then Enter. MS-DOS copies everything you typed to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. From now on, MS-DOS runs the commands in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file every time you turn on or reset the computer.

If you need to change anything in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file later, you can use the same procedure to modify the commands. See your MS-DOS Reference Manual for more information.

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