THE DEFAULT DRIVE
You can select which of the computer’s two disk drives you wish to
use for any given operation. Each time you load
DOS,
your computer
will establish a default drive. This simply means that
it
establishes
the drive that
it
assumes you wish to use. Unless you specify oth-
erwise, your
DOS
commands will be carried out using the default
drive.
If
DOS
is loaded from the diskette drive (drive
A:),
the computer
will designate drive
A:
as the default drive. Conversely, if
DOS
is
loaded from the fixed disk drive (drive C:), the computer will des-
ignate drive C: as the default drive.
Your monitor screen tells you which drive has been established as
the default drive. If the diskette drive is the default drive, the
DOS
prompt displayed on your screen will be the
A>
symbol;
if
the fixed
disk drive is the default drive, the
DOS
prompt displayed on your
screen will be the
C>
symbol.
See Section 2.4 for an explanation of how to change the default drive.
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