Essential tools for DoS

DOS is a very powerful and practical operating system with the most users. However, after installing dos, we found that the commands provided by DOS do not provide all the required functions. In this case, we need some other software to implement those functions. There are a lot of practical software in DOS, so which tools should we choose to use as necessary? Next we will discuss the classification.

After the operating system is installed, you must first enable the entire computer's hardware to play their respective functions, such as the mouse, optical drive, and sound card. In this case, a corresponding driver is required.ProgramAnd these drivers are required tools in DOS. These drivers can be downloaded from "DOS software" on this site. For the installation and setting methods, see "use and set hardware devices under DOS" in this column ".

After the hardware can work properly, it is necessary to let the DOS to complete the required functions. DOS is both a convenient and practical operating system and a basic operating system. Many interface enhancement programs (such as Windows 3.x/ 9x) are implemented based on it, that is, DOS is their kernel. Therefore, it is appropriate to manage some systems and disks in DOS, such as copying disks, partitioning, and formatting. At this time, Ghost, fdisk, format, pqmagic and other disk tools can be used as a necessary tool for DOS. Of course, other system maintenance tools (such as disk check tools) are also very important. You can see them in "dossystem maintenance" in this column.

As you know, to save space, many files are accessed using compression methods. Therefore, DOS compression and decompression tools are very important. Common compression formats include zip, rar, and ARJ. The dos tools that can establish and expand these compression formats are PK (un) Zip, (UN) rar, and (un) ARJ. Their operations are very convenient, such as pkunzip *. Zip, you can expand all the ZIP files in the current folder. The format of RAR is the same as that of ARJ. You can create or expand the corresponding compressed document. However, due to the fact that RAR uses a new RAR compression format in version 3.0 in recent years, many new rarfile applications use the latest version of RAR (Version 3.0) for decompression, you can download it from the "compression tool" on this site. For the specific usage of the above PKZIP/pkunzip and RAR tools, we can see that "dos"Article"Section" use of common compression and decompression tools under DOS ". In addition to compressing common files, you can also compress executable files to reduce the size of the executable files. The best compression tool for executable files is UPX, which is very powerful and can be used as a necessary tool.

There are also some files called image files, such as imgfiles, many of which are generated by HD-COPY, and of course there are other tools. The best way to decompress these files is to use undisk (which can be downloaded from the local site), which can efficiently expand the image file and serve as a necessary tool. It is best not to use tools such as HD-COPY to decompress these files, because this tool is not only old, but also can only expand the file to the soft disk, very inconvenient. The undisk mentioned above is much easier to use.

What should I do if I don't know the compression format of some files (especially when the extension is lost )? In this case, a very powerful dos tool GetType is available. Its latest version is 2.60, which can be downloaded from this site. It can display in detail the information in the compressed/image/encrypted file, and even display all the content in it without any other software. Moreover, it can display information in executable files (including Windows files) and other files, which is very powerful and supports long file names. You can use it as a necessary tool, because once it is available, it is much easier to operate.

As you know, Windows File Manager is very intuitive to operate, and there are many such tools in DOS, which can be found in "File Management" on this site. They are also operated in graphical mode. In addition to basic file management functions, they can also implement many other functions, such as built-in file editor, which allows you to view the content of compressed files, in addition, in recent years, DOS file management tools have also added support for long file names and FAT32 features. Among these tools, Volkov commander and others are quite useful. They have good interfaces and powerful functions. You can use them as necessary tools.

DOS often deals with files and folders. Therefore, it is very important to use these files and folders well. Common file operations, such as creation, deletion, and editing, can be used with both DOS commands and many enhancement tools, which can greatly improve the efficiency of file operations. These tools can be downloaded from the "file tools" on this site. The file tools on this site support both long file names and FAT32 partitions. MS-DOS 7.10 can not only use short file names, but also can use long file names, usually have long file name driver and direct operation of long file name two ways, very practical, can be used as a required tool. For details, see the article in the "dos article" on this site.

With the development of computers, more and more people are using it. Therefore, many daily things (such as writing articles, listening to music, watching images, etc.) have been carried out on computers. So, how do I perform these operations under DOS? Write an article first. In dos, an edit command is provided to edit multiple files and binary files. However, the function is not very powerful (for example, font setting is not supported ), you can use other specialized text processing tools. Among these tools, the famous ones are MS-word, CCed, and WPS, which can be downloaded from the "text" tool on this site. Some people like to listen to music while typing, which can also be achieved under DOS. Taking setedit as an example, this is a very powerful and practical dos word processing software. It not only has the word processing function, but also can write articles while listening to MP3 music. How nice! Therefore, they can be used as essential tools.

After completing the File Processing in DOS, the next step is to listen to music and view images. Many software programs are used to listen to music and view images in DOS, such as WAV, mid, MP3, and other formats, the functions and effects are very good (not the playing effect of dosamp, the oldest and worst MP3 player). For details, see "dos multimedia" in this column. For example, quickview has a very small volume and powerful functions. You can use it as a necessary tool. It is also very convenient to view images in DOS. there are usually two methods: Command Line and GUI. Taking pictview (which can be downloaded from the "graphic software" on this site) as an example, it can play more than 40 graphic formats, such as JPG, GIF, BMP, TGA, ICO, GIF, etc, not only is the speed fast, the quality and efficiency are good, but its size is very small, it is more than 100 k! Therefore, it can be used as a necessary tool. However, some image software, especially the old image software, such as NV, not only slow speed, poor playback quality, but also huge volume, so it is best not to use it.

DOS also has many powerful and practical software, which can be used as a necessary tool. The DOS software is usually very small and practical, which naturally makes it easier for everyone to use. For example, commands such as shutdown and poweroff can easily implement soft shutdown in the doscommand line mode, which is not only easy to operate, but also very small in size. You can use them as necessary tools. There are also some DOS command enhancement tools that can greatly enhance external functions of DOS, such as xxcopy and xmsdsk, which can be downloaded from this site. For your convenience, I have created a "common dos Tools Set", including the above software (such as command line tools, drivers, system tools, disk tools, and compression tools, the direct running version of multimedia software is stored in the "DOS system" in the "DOS software" column of this site. You are welcome to download and use it.

because everyone's habits and hobbies are different, the main operations they perform are different. For example, some people like programming or editing and processing files, and some practical editing and processing tools (which can be downloaded from the "script tool" on this site) can be used as necessary tools; some people like to play games, so they can use some game modification software or simulators (which can be downloaded from the "game software" on this site) as essential tools. Therefore, you can also choose the necessary tools that suit your preferences. However, we should try to use the new DOS software that has been released in recent years, because these software not only have better overall functionality, but also support the latest computer technology (such as FAT32 partition, large hard disk, long file name, PCI/USB devices ). In short, as long as we are good at selecting and using DOS software, we can make DoS very powerful, so that DOS can play its due functions.