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SET (Set Environment) Type: External (3.3 and later) Syntax: SET SET string1=string2 Purpose: Inserts strings into the command environment. The set values can be used later by programs. Discussion The SET command is used to set values that will be used by programs. DOS holds the set strings in the …

FAT File System Errors If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! Although the FAT file system is very efficient given its age, its overall design and how it allocates disk space and chains file together provides ample opportunity for …

Downloading, Setting Up and Running Memory Diagnostic Software We have discussed the basic techniques and methods you can use to diagnose a possible failed or failing memory module. At this point, we will presume that you have exhausted the basic techniques and need to dig a little deeper in an …

NTFS Directories and Files Yes, NTFS volumes have directories and files. Isn’t that good to know? :^) Well, you probably want to learn a bit more about them than that, I am sure, and in this part of the NTFS guide I will endeavor to do just that. If you …

Operating Systems and their File Systems If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! FAT Specifics Virtual FAT (VFAT) When Microsoft released Windows® 95 in 1995, they made numerous improvements to the underlying operating system (rebuilt it actually) when compared …

Operating Systems and their File Systems If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! When preparing a segment such as this, an adequate discussion tends to blur the line between hardware issues associated with hard disks and the software issues …

Type: External (2.0 and later) Syntax: BACKUP [d:][path][filename] [d:][/S][/M][/A][/F:(size] [/P][/D:date] [/T:time] [/L:[d:][path]filename] Purpose: Makes a backup copy of one or more files. (In DOS Version 6, this program is stored on the DOS supplemental disk.) Discussion The first path and filename(s) you enter identify the disk file(s) to be backed …

Changing the Internet Explorer Connection Limit The HTTP 1.0 specification allows for 4 concurrent connections from a browser to a web server. HTTP 1.1 decreases this to 2 concurrent connections, which means that at any given time, up to 2 files can be downloaded at the same time. Although we …

BIOS Power-On Self Test (POST) If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! The first thing that the BIOS does when the PC boots is to perform what is called the Power-On Self-Test, or POST. When the PC goes into …

What is FAT and And just how fat is it? If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! For the uninitiated, FAT means File Allocation Table. In order to understand what the File Allocation Table is all about, you must …