Using the DIR command, run a directory to verify that you have copied the MS-DOS install diskette.

Remove the MS-DOS install diskette from drive A and replace it with the MS-DOS Select diskette into the DOS4 subdirectory on the hard disk by entering the command

C >COPY A:*.* C:

When the copying process is done, carefully enter the following series of commands:

C > DEL COMMAND.COM

This command will remove the COMMAND.COM file from the DOS4 subdirectory. Since the file is available in your hard disk root directory, it is not necessary to include it in the DOS4 subdirectory. Later, as your hard disk gets filled up with application software program and data files, the disk space saved by deleting such duplicate files might become useful.

Repeat the copy procedure described above for the remaining disks in the MS-DOS package.

Return to the root directory by entering:

C>CD C:\

You have now completed organizing your hard disk and installing the MS-DOS files into subdirectories. As you can see, the files have been placed in subdirectories according to the type of activity you will doing when using them. As you add application programs to the hard disk, it is a good idea to create subdirectories to store them in, so as to keep different program groups separated.

Using Your Hard Disk 6-15