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I am using dos and on a laptop key board, but when i try and put a back slash so i can get to single files in a directory it wont appear
So will someone please tell me how to type
( \ ) dos please i am novice in dos
Sounds like you may have a hardware issue.
You should be able to type a backslash character by simply pressing the appropriate key for it. On most American QWERTY-style computer keyboards, the backslash character appears under the pipes (|) and is typically located under the backspace key or somewhere on the lower left or right.
If pressing the correct key isn't generating the correct character at a DOS prompt, open Notepad from Windows or some other Windows-based text editor or word processor and try typing backslashes.
If it works in Windows, but not DOS, you've definitely got an odd problem.
If you simply can't generate a backslash by pressing the key, you've probably got a hardware issue.
Keyboard issues are not terribly uncommon with laptops and notebooks.
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It may also be as simple as having the wrong Keyboard driver loaded. Here in the UK this is a problem with laptops with QWERTY keyboards made for the US market. The £ \ @ and # keys are the most common problems.
Take a look at http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/codepage.htm
and see if loading a differant codepage helps.As for getting differant results in Windows and DOS this is not uncommon at all, as Windows loads its own keyboard driver that may well be a differant one from DOS. MS-DOS & Windows load the US keyboard layout by default, whish is not 100% compatable with all nations!
I do not know where you come from, so this could be wide of the mark!
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If everything is messed up then use the old DOS-trick: Alt-92 (Press Alt-key, keep it pressed, and then 92 on the righthand number pad)
This will solve yor problem.
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Duh. You do not use backslash to go to the root directory, you must use 'cd \' without the quotes.
:)
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Nice Guy is asking how to get a backslash (\) he never wrote that he wanted to use it by itself! So Brandon 'Duh' please try to be more helpful anf less negative, And yes ectoplasme CD.. will take you to the next highest level, you may have to use it more than once to get to the root, depending how many sub-directories down you are in! but a good point anyway.
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