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Handy Cheat SheetHere are some of the most often needed (and forgotten) notes.
CTRL + ALT + DEL....................................................... Warm Reboot
Reset button, or
Power button ......................................................................Cold Reboot
CTRL + ALT + S........................................................... Access SETUP
CTRL + BREAK, or
CTRL + C.......................... Pause or Break an application or batch file
DOS Commands
COPY [filename] [drive:] [path] [newfilename]................. copies a file
FORMAT [drive:]........................................... erases and formats a disk
DIR [drive:] [path]........... lists the files in a certain drive and directory
DEL [filename]................................................................... deletes a file
MD [newdirectory]............................................. makes a new directory
RD [directoryname]........... removes and erases an empty, old directory
RENAME [oldfilename] [newfilename].......................... renames a file
CHKDSK [drive:].............................. displays a status report for a disk
CD [path] ..............................................changes to a different directory
CLS............................................................................... clears the screen
Common DOS file extensions
.BAK backup file
.BAT......................................................................................... batch file
.COM .................................................................command program file
.EXE .................................................................executable program file
.SYS....................................................................................... system file
.INI............................................................... Windows initialization file
.PIF .................................................Windows program information file
README files ................................. text files with special instructions
Handy Cheat Sheet