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If you do not have a hard disk, external commands are stored

on the set of working diskettes generated when you installed

MS-DOS. To use an external MS-DOS command, you must

insert the diskette containing that command into a diskette

drive. To find out which external commands are on which

diskettes, see the list of working diskette contents in your

MS-DOS Installation Guide.

For example, if you want to use the FORMAT command, you

must insert the Startup diskette into a diskette drive. Then you

can either log onto that drive and enter the FORMAT

command or specify the appropriate drive when you enter the

command.

For example, if you have two diskette drives and you want to

format a diskette that is in drive B, you need to insert the

Startup diskette into drive A, and log onto drive A. Then type

the following and press

Enter:

FORMAT B:

MS-DOS finds the file named FORMAT.COM on the current

drive.

If you are logged onto drive B, you need to type the following

and press

Enter:

A:FORMAT B:

This tells MS-DOS to look on drive A for FORMAT.COM

because the current drive is drive B.

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