Changing Back to the Root Directory(MS-DOS)

                                                                     

Next, you will change from the DOS directory to the root directory. The root

directory is the directory you were in before you changed to the DOS directory.

Before you begin this section, make sure your command prompt looks like the

following:

C:\DOS>

o To change to the root directory

1. Type the following at the command prompt:

cd \

Note that the slash you type in this command is a backslash (\), not a forward

slash (/).

No matter which directory you are in, this command always returns you to the

root directory of a drive. The root directory does not have a name. It is simply

referred to by a backslash (\).

The command prompt should now look like the following:

C:\>

When your command prompt appears similar to this---that is, when it does not

contain the name of a directory---you are in the root directory.