Computer and Software Support


DOS prompt commands 

Now you will have to use a series of commands to navigate to the area that you want to go to. When you open the command prompt, it will show you the following

Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, Windows XP

C:\Documents and Settings\name> (The name will be the name of the profile you are under)

Windows Vista and Windows 7

C:\users\name> (The name will be the name of the profile you are under)

 

Everything you have on your hard drive is under directories. Yoru profile is found under Documents and Settings or Users (depending on the operating system you are using) They can be found under the drive letter C. To navigate, you will have to use a series of commands. A short list as follows

  1. CD..

    1. This will back you up one directory. If you was in the directory C:\Documents and Settings\John and typed CD.. then pressed Enter, you would now be in the directory C:\Documents and Settings folder and not the John folder.

  2. CD\

    1. This will back you up all the way to the Root directory.

      1. The root directory is the first level of the directory. It is what holds all the other directories.

    2. For example

      1. Lets say you was in the C:\Documents and Settings\Jesse directory

   

      1. You type in CD\ and then pressed Enter

   

      1. You would now be at the root directory of C