Then press the ENTER key. Your computer will respond:

Bad command or filename

A >

Default Drive

MS-DOS will only look at one disk drive at a time. Normally, this is the “default” drive. You can tell which disk drive is the current default drive by looking at the system prompt.

For example:

indicates that the “A” drive is currently the default drive. Unless you specify otherwise, MS-DOS will direct any disk activity to the “A” floppy disk drive.

You can easily change the default drive with an internal DOS command. For instance, to change from the “A” drive (floppy disk), to the C drive (hard disk), enter:

The computer will respond:

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