OS Fundamentals
FDISK.EXE is an MS-DOS-based application that is run from the
DOS command line. You use fdisk to partition your hard drives.
If
you enable large disk support, any drives created will be FAT32. You
will have to use a boot disk created from the OS you used to
partition the drive, as win 95/NT cannot read FAT32 partitions
(win95 ORS 2 does support Fat32)
Fdisk
is not needed with windows 2000 as Disk Management prepares hard
disks.
SYSEDIT.EXE Starts System Configuration Editor , can be found
in c:\windows\system. This program allows you to edit protocol.ini,
system.ini, win.ini, config.sys, and your autoexec.bat files.
SCANREG Runs the Registry Checker
program, which scans your registry. If Registry Checker notices a
problem, it automatically replaces the registry with the backup
copy. Registry Checker runs each time Windows starts.
Windows comes with a DOS version Scanreg.exe located in
\windows\command and an windows version Scanregw.exe located in
\windows (Click
here for Command Line Info)
WSCRIPT.EXE Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is a simple,
powerful, and flexible scripting solution for the 32-bit Windows
platform. WSH allows scripts—including those written in VBScript and
JavaScript—to be run directly on the Windows desktop without being
embedded in an HTML document. This low-memory scripting host is
ideal for non-interactive scripting needs, such as logon and
administrative scripting. WSH can be run from either the
Windows-based host (Wscript.exe) or the command-shell–based host
(Cscript.exe).
HWINFO.EXE Hardware Diagnostic command line tool provides the
same information as the Microsoft System Information Tool, it is
color coded with blue text as warnings and red text as problems. To
run type hwinfo.exe /ui switch. It will not run without the switch.
ASD.EXE (Automatic Skip Driver)
Detects devices that prevent
Windows from starting. Located at c:\windows It will automatically
disable device drivers or operations that fail during startup. You
can start the Automatic Skip Driver Agent from the tools menu in the
System Information Utility.
Cvt1.EXE (Drive Converter FAT16 to FAT32) This utility
converts a hard drive from FAT16 to FAT32. Win 98 does not include a
utility for converting a drive back to FAT16 once you have converted
it to FAT32.
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