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ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : Swathi K.N
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : Computer Engineering
Institute : Kamala Nehru Polytechnic For
Women,Hyd.
Year : I year
Subject : Computer Fundamentals and Office
Automation
Subject Code : CM-105
Topic : DOS & Windows Operating System
Duration : 50 minutes
Sub. Topic : External commands
Teaching Aids : PPT, Images, Animation.
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Objective:
External commands-FORMAT,
CHKDSK, SCANDISK etc
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Recap
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Prerequisite:
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External Commands
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External Commands (contd)
CHKSDK [d:]
• This command is used for checking the
disk and reporting back the status of the
system.
• It checks for the memory and gives the
detailed information about the memory
consumed as well as free memory.
Example :
CHKDSK A:
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External Commands (contd)
Example:
DISKCOPY A: B:
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External Commands (contd)
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External Commands (contd)
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External Commands (contd)
PRINT: [d:] [path] filename
Example:
C:\>PRINT D:\DOS\LETTER\MY
LETTER.LET
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External Commands (contd)
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External Commands (contd)
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External Commands (contd)
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External Commands (contd)
XCOPY [drive1:] pathname1 [drive2:] pathname2
Example
C>XCOPY A: /S
Result
The above command is used to copy all files
and subdirectories on the disk in drive A to the
disk in the drive C.
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External Commands (contd)
+ Sets an attribute
- Clears an attribute
R Read-only file attribute
A Archive file attribute
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External Commands (contd)
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Summary
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Quiz
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Quiz
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