Incredibly simple DOS question

[ICEMAN133]

Ok, i'm going to sound like a right idiot here, but can anyone help me out with the exact syntax i need to type to run a file from DOS?

long story short;

my comp wont boot, and before i take it to a repair shop, i've been told to try a few things via dos (memtest, and the latest mobo drivers)

so i've put memtest on a floppy, and some of the mobo utility/driver thingies on a floppy, can get into something called freeDOS, but i don't know the exact syntax i'm meant to be using

assuming i want to run/install the file xyz.exe (or w/e)

the path would be A:\xyz.exe

what exactly do i need to type in DOS to get this running?



thanks in advance (and don't laugh )

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Use cd to change to the directory that holds the file you need to run. If it's in the root of the drive you don't need to cd. Beyond that it would just be

xyz.exe

You don't need any special command to make it execute.

 

[snowdog]

a:
enter
xyx
enter

 

[toString]

That is pretty funny...

 

[TheMightyTen]

It seems strange that a whole generation (in fact at least 2 ) have grown up not needing to know a thing about DOS , The joy of editing autoexec.bat and config.sys, the absolute pleasure of trying to move as much as you can to Himem (also altering EMS and XMS depending on the app) to free up base mem just to get things to work, writing batch scripts to perform all manner of jiggery-pokery, and don't even start talking about manually setting IRQs and DMAs. It was proper computing, The kids today have it to easy

 

[Reality Bites]

It seems strange that a whole generation (in fact at least 2 ) have grown up not needing to know a thing about DOS , The joy of editing autoexec.bat and config.sys, the absolute pleasure of trying to move as much as you can to Himem (also altering EMS and XMS depending on the app) to free up base mem just to get things to work, writing batch scripts to perform all manner of jiggery-pokery, and don't even start talking about manually setting IRQs and DMAs. It was proper computing, The kids today have it to easy

LOL....just what i was thinking.

Installing a soundblaster 16 could be a right pain in the bum!

 

[modo77]

It seems strange that a whole generation (in fact at least 2 ) have grown up not needing to know a thing about DOS , The joy of editing autoexec.bat and config.sys, the absolute pleasure of trying to move as much as you can to Himem (also altering EMS and XMS depending on the app) to free up base mem just to get things to work, writing batch scripts to perform all manner of jiggery-pokery, and don't even start talking about manually setting IRQs and DMAs. It was proper computing, The kids today have it to easy

I really wish I'd not had to learn all that pap, Got much better things to be filling my head with.

 

[snowdog]

It seems strange that a whole generation (in fact at least 2 ) have grown up not needing to know a thing about DOS , The joy of editing autoexec.bat and config.sys, the absolute pleasure of trying to move as much as you can to Himem (also altering EMS and XMS depending on the app) to free up base mem just to get things to work, writing batch scripts to perform all manner of jiggery-pokery, and don't even start talking about manually setting IRQs and DMAs. It was proper computing, The kids today have it to easy

I'm a kid (well, kid , 15 yrs old...) yet I did start out with dos on my own pc
Didnt like windows 3.1, only started liking from windows 95, doesnt stop me from still knowing how to handle DOS tho...
Infact only reason i keep my c:\ drive FAT32 is to keep DOS working on my pc

 

[bledd]

a:\xyz

will do it