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Section 3 Introduction

Section 3 Preparing and Examining Disks 

INTRODUCTION

This section guides you through the commands used to prepare and examine disks. The commands presented includes:

FORMAT     Used to prepare a disk for use with DOS and/or files.
SYS              Used to transfer DOS to a formatted disk.
VOL             Used to display a disk volume label.
LABEL        Used to display or change a disk volume label.
DIR              Display a list of filename on the designated disk or directory.
CHKDSK    Checks available disk space and displays memory.
MEM           Displays total available memory type.
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