3-2 DOS OperationsFollowing is a brief explanation of a few DOS functions. If you want adetailed explanation of all the DOS commands, refer to your DOS usermanual.Starting MS-DOSIf you are using a hard disk with DOS already installed, the computerwill “boot” or start itself.If you are using a floppy disk drive, insert the DOS system disk in drive“A” and switch on your computer. You will see a message similar tothe following:C u r r e n t d a t e i s F r i 01-01-1990Enter new date (MM-DD-YY):For the new date, key in the month, day and year, separated byhyphens. Press .Time is displayed and corrected as follows:Current time is 0 : 02 : 15.00E n t e r n e w t i m e : 2 : 2 0Your computer is now booted and ready to run application programs.Chapter 3: Operating Your System 3
