Windows Command Line

It's sometimes necessary, or preferable, to use the command line to access certain utilities in Windows. Once you become profecient in using command line utilities, you may never go back to the Windows Graphical User Interface. Some of the following command line (or DOS prompt) may not work depending on your version of Windows.

bootcfg - This utility allows you to see your boot configuration settings.

diskpart - View and manage disk partitions using the diskpart command. You can use the ? switch to see the options, such as Create and Delete.

driverquery - Get a readout of the drivers currently loaded on your machine. Driverquery is a great way to snapshot the drivers on your system.

netsh - This network configuration utility allows you to change network settings from the command line. Type netsh to enter the utility, then ? to display your options.

recover - Use the recover utility to recover data that has been lost on the drive.

sfc - The System File Checker is a great way to replace missing or damaged system files. You will likely need your Windows disk for this utility.

shutdown - type in the shutdown command to view the switches you can use. For instance, shutdown -s will shut down the computer and shutdown -r will restart the PC.

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