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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.