Windows User's Guide to DOS: Using the Command Line in Windows 95/98 [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Carolyn Z. Gillay (Author), Bette A. Peat (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 818 pages
• Publisher: Franklin Beedle & Assoc; Pap/Dsk edition (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887902422
• ISBN-13: 978-1887902427
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,735,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars reviews?, September 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows User's Guide to DOS: Using the Command Line in Windows 95/98 (Paperback)

I am currently a student @ texas state technical college earning a degree in CNS. we use this book in class but is not quite the book it is chalked up to be. it is ironic the only 5 star reviews seem to be from the author herself. this book is helpful in some ways but not many.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A wordy and confusing book that needs to be condensed., February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows User's Guide to DOS: Using the Command Line in Windows 95/98 (Paperback)

This book takes overexplaining to new limits. For software such as dos, a reader needs instruction to be clear and concise. The content of this book was not clear nor concise. Rather it was obvious that the author was trying to squeez out as many pages as possible to fetch a better price. Furhtermore it was evident that the editor did not take much time on this one due to may mistakes resident in this text. I can't blame that person, in the ocean of needless words its hard to understand what she is trying to say, let alone figure out if she is right or wrong.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a good book for beginners., September 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows User's Guide to DOS: Using the Command Line in Windows 95/98 (Paperback)

Really, 2 1/2 stars, but I gave the book the benefit of the doubt. Unless you're a REAL academic type, you'll probably read only one DOS book, and this is not the one to choose.

Complaints:

1) No discussion of the very important fdisk command. As a networking student, I NEED to know how to format a disk, and for all the crushing size of this book, this is not treated.

2) This book covers so much material that the beginner has no clue what to pick and choose from. My class has long ended and we got to chapter eight. Tough course. I've hacked through on my own to chapter eleven and plan to finish all 14 chapters, but if I were advising another beginner, I would say choose another book.

3) Chapter 11-Advanced Batch Files is virtually incomprehensible to me. VERY COMPLEX.

Conclusion: If you're a normal human, as opposed to an academic type, you want a short, sweet and straightforward book that gives you the proficiency you want. This book is a bear.