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Use these guidelines to locate information about your system.
Serial number:
Look on the label on the bottom of
the computer to find the serial
number.
System BIOS version
Restart your system, You’ll see the
system BIOS version number
displayed on the screen when your
system performs power-on
diagnostics.
Start SETUP and select the System
Summary option to see your
system’s configuration.
System
configuration
MS-DOS version
Software versions
CONFIG.SYS
AUTOEXEC.BAT
At the MS-DOS prompt, type VER
and press Enter to see the MS-DOS
version number.
In Windows applications, select
About from the Help menu. As
your software application starts, it
usually displays a version number
on the banner screen. Also, you can
check your software manual.
At the MS-DOS prompt, type
TYPE C:\CONFIG.SYS and press
Enter to see a listing of your
CONFIG.SYS file, which contains
system configuration commands.
At the MS-DOS prompt, type
TYPE C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT and
press Enter to see a listing of your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which
contains your system startup
commands.
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