Handy Cheat Sheet

Handy Cheat Sheet

Here are some of the most often needed (and forgotten) notes.

CTRL + ALT + DEL

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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

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Micron Technology MERIDIAN 850 manual Handy Cheat Sheet, Ctrl + ALT + DEL