anouther interesting site(no xxx)

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 29 Nov 2001 2:58 pm

Hey Mike; how do you know what drivers are what? And what you need? There sure are alot of folders there......ha.
Ricky

Everett Cox · Post by **Everett Cox** » 29 Nov 2001 4:19 pm

Mike-- you probably DON'T want to use the DOS COPY command. I'll email the instructions for using XCOPY along with some other stuff that'll do what you're asking.

The wife is yellin' at me for something - she's big and I'm not so gotta go! The email should be off in an hour or so. --Everett

George Wixon · Post by **George Wixon** » 29 Nov 2001 4:20 pm

Mike,
In DOS to copy the entire disk, lets say from the "A" drive to the "C" drive, the command should have been copy COPY A:*.* C:
This would copy everything from drive a to drive c. But why bother with DOS any more with the new operating systems now?
regards,
George

Rob van Duuren · Post by **Rob van Duuren** » 29 Nov 2001 4:58 pm

If i remember correctly 'copy *.*' only copies stuff with an extension. It won't copy any directories or subdirectoriesw from the floppy.rob.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 29 Nov 2001 5:43 pm

Many PC's require vendor specific drivers to operate properly (or to operate at all). I know that the Rage LT Pro AGP video on my Compaq Presario needs the Compaq supplied version, if a generic version of the drivers (or update) for that particular model of the video card are used the PC will crash. Same with the Rockwell HCF modem, it has to have Compaq customized drivers to work properly.

I've run across the same thing on other branded (e.g. HP, IBM, etc) computers that use specific OEM versions of devices.

Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 2 Dec 2001 1:29 am

You can call up syntax, function, & switch info (documented switches) for MS-DOS commands, when booted to DOS or via a "DOS Window", by adding /? to the command.
Example: (via a "DOS Window")
dir/? There are nine switches, and fourteen sub-switches defined for the command "dir".
On some commands, more info may available when booted to DOS (native DOS mode).
There are also many undocumented switches avilable for MS-DOS commands.
Read the file "MS-DOS 5.00 - 8.00 Hidden Secrets", at: http://members.aol.com/axcel216/
This is the most informative website I know of regarding Windows features, problem fixes, improvements, etc. Mind boggling knowledge!