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File Control Block (FCB)
Last modified: Monday, November 02, 2009
FCB (File Control Block) is an internal
file system structure used in
DOS for
accessing files on disk. The FCB block contains information about the
drive
name, filename, file type and other information that is required by the system
when a file is accessed or created.
CONFIG.SYS commands The CONFIG.SYS commands load programs into memory and manage the operation of your equipment. For the most part, they are used only in the CONFIG.SYS file.
Help with the boot.ini The "boot.ini" is a Microsoft initialization file found on the Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Microsoft Windows XP operating systems.
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