Do you use MS DOS?

[alexandergre]

Do you use MS DOS?
i actually use it. I have an extern hdd. when i want to just copy edited documents i use MS-DOS.
windows can not do that action.
what about you? what actions you use in Dos?

 

[lb562high]

nope...

 

[Emperor_nero]

Yeah sometimes when I'm working on older computers.

 

[kof2000]

i run batch files with it and also when i need to defrag my mbr as well as make my own backup batch file so i dont have to use the windows backup utility.

 

[Bobo]

I use it all the time to format, copy, delete, etc.

 

[Shady]

I use it frequently, to change passwords, and some network and internet activities.

 

[Shane]

Nope

 

[The_Other_One]

It's loaded on my Tandy and I was playing with it earlier this break(which is about over )

As for actions...eh, what do you want me to do? copy, md, xcopy, fdisk, format...those are probably the more common commands I use.

 

[jancz3rt]

Heya

Well use it once in a while. I am a noob in MS DOS though. Just today, I had to fix my friend's PC and had to use CHKDSK /R and /F, FIXMBR and FIXBOOT. That fixed the problem he had (not being able to boot into safe-mode or anything else

JAN

 

[The_Other_One]

That's not "DOS" That's newer stuff for XP... I guess command? Hehe, but those aren't original dos commands

 

[Shady]

Yea those are only available in the repair console of win xp.
except chkdsk

 

[palmmann]

never, i used to to to try to install 95.

 

[jancz3rt]

Haha

That's not "DOS" That's newer stuff for XP... I guess command? Hehe, but those aren't original dos commands

Is the command prompt in Windows XP still based on DOS? I was referring to the interface, rather than the commands.

JAN

 

[The_Other_One]

I was referring to the interface, rather than the commands.

Fine

 

[Holiday]

I use it for pinging, and I found this great task manager program which is a handy backup for when the windows one fails to respond/open

I am referring to the Windows Command Line, I don't know if that's considered DOS.

 

[jimmymac]

dos rocks, i miss those days, so much easier than the windows era

 

[Eric Richards]

YES when ever I can you can do things with DOS you can not do with windows crap. For example lets say you had a few *.htm files you would like to change to *.txt how would you do that with windows "in one hit" yes I needed to do that a few years ago when I was going to night classes it was very handy and saved me a lot of time.

Today I have used to to run a batch file to check a HTML file with HTML-tidy

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Come to think of it, it was the other way round I wrote a lot of TXT files I had to change to HTM so I could check to see how much HTML I had learnt

 

[Jonyboy]

Ive used the command prompt in XP (like 3 commands). I prefer the linux terminal (so much easier to learn and much more powerfull than the command line). As for DOS i want to try it.