Creating the autoexec.bat file, E-10, Copy *.* c:\dos – Epson Apex 20020 User Manual

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3. At the A> prompt, type the following and press

Enter:

COPY *.* C:\DOS

MS-DOS copies all the files from the diskette to the \DOS

subdirectory on the hard disk. The file names appear on the

screen as they are copied.

4. When the A> prompt reappears, remove the Operating 1

diskette and repeat the procedure for the Operating 2 and
Reference diskettes. Store all your diskettes in a safe place.

Note

The procedure described above copies all the files on the

MS-DOS and Reference diskettes to the \DOS subdirectory

on drive C, You may, however, prefer to more time of these

commands in other subdirectories. For information on

creating subdirectories, ice Chapter 4 of net year MS-DOS

Reference Manual. The file COMMAND.COM (which is

included on the Startup and Operating 1 diskettes) must

remain in the root directory of drive C.

Creating the AUTOEXEC.BAT File

The following procedure creates an AUTOEXEC.BAT file in

the root directory of the hard disk. Once this file exists on the

hard disk, your computer can automatically execute several

commands every time you turn on or reset the computer.

Specifically, it does the following:

Bypasses the date and time prompts

Defines a path to all the MS-DOS commands in the \DOS
directory

Changes the command prompt to reflect the current

directory.

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