If you used the SELECT command to format your hard disk (see
Chapter 3), you already have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The
AUTOEXEC.BAT file created by SELECT contains the following
MS-DOS commands:
PATH C:\;C:\DOS
KEYB US 437 C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
ECHO OFF
CLS
DATE
TIME
VER
Creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT File
You can create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file with any program
that lets you create a text-only file. If you have a word
processing program that can save a file as a text-only file
(also called an ASCII text file), you can use that program to
create your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Just be sure to name the
file AUTOEXEC.BAT and store it in the root directory of the
hard disk.
Another way to create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file is by using the
MS-DOS COPY command. To do this, follow the instructions
below:
1. At the MS-DOS
C>
prompt, type the following and press
Enter:
COPY CON: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
2. Type the commands you want to include in the file exactly as
you want MS-DOS to execute them. Press
Enter
at the end of
each line. After you type the last command, press
Enter
to
move the cursor to the next blank line.
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