Maricopa Community Colleges  CIS121AB   19862-19945 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/12/85
CIS121AB 19862-19945 L+L 1 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
MS-DOS Operating System
Use of the MS-DOS operating system: basic concepts, internal and external commands, subdirectories, and editor. Prerequisites: None.
Cross-References: BPC121AB
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CIS121AB   19862-19945 MS-DOS Operating System
1. Identify and define the major components of a MS-DOS system, both hardware and software. (I)
2. Boot (start) an MS-DOS system. (I)
3. Format and copy diskettes on an MS-DOS system. (II)
4. Use the MS-DOS editor, EDLIN, to create, save, and modify files. (III)
5. Use MS-DOS internal commands to display disk directories; copy, rename, list, and erase files; change the date and time. (IV)
6. Use the keyboard's special keys to perform a variety of tasks. (IV)
7. Use MS-DOS external commands to copy system tracks, check disk status, control I/O devices, clear the screen, search files, and sort files. (V)
8. Create and use batch files to perform a series of commands. (VI)
9. Create and use subdirectories to organize related groups of files. (VII)
10. Backup and restore files on a hard disk. (VIII)
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CIS121AB   19862-19945 MS-DOS Operating System
    I. Introduction to MS-DOS
        A. Hardware requirements
        B. Software requirements
        C. Booting the system
      II. Formatting and Copying Diskettes
          A. Care of diskettes
          B. Formatting blank diskettes with FORMAT
          C. Copying diskettes with DISKCOPY
        III. Using EDLIN, the MS-DOS Editor
            A. Filenames and conventions
            B. Creating files
            C. Inserting lines
            D. Displaying lines
            E. Moving and copying lines
            F. Deleting data
            G. Search and replace operations
            H. Terminating EDLIN
          IV. MS-DOS Internal Commands
              A. COPY
              B. DATE
              C. DIR
              D. ERASE or DEL
              E. RENAME
              F. TIME
              G. TYPE
              H. Special keys and functions
            V. MS-DOS External Commands
                A. SYS
                B. CHKDSK
                C. MODE
                D. CLS
                E. Filter commands: FIND, MORE, SORT
              VI. Using Batch Files
                  A. Creating batch files
                  B. Executing batch files
                  C. Special batch commands
                VII. Commands for Subdirectories
                    A. MKDIR
                    B. CHDIR
                    C. COPY
                    D. RMDIR
                    E. TREE
                    F. PATH
                  VIII. Using Hard Disks
                      A. BACKUP
                      B. RESTORE
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