DOS 7
MS-DOS is available in Windows 95, although it resides in the background, and many novice users will never use it directly in command mode. MS-DOS external commands can be found in the Windows\Command directory of the bootable drive. Its unofficial name is MS-DOS 7. The IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS from older versions of MS-DOS are still there, but their functions are completely different. All the functions of MSDOS.SYS and IO.SYS have been combined together into IO.SYS, and MSDOS.SYS has been turned into a hidden, read-only text file in the root directory of the boot drive. MSDOS.SYS is used as a startup option. Configuring and using MSDOS.SYS is covered in detail in Lesson 3 of this tutorial.
COMMAND.COM remains and still performs basically the same functions as the old COMMAND.COM: to provide the command prompt. When the computer boots up and says "Starting Windows 95," press the F8 key and select "Command Prompt Only" to get to an MS-DOS 7 prompt. Type VER and you will see "Windows 95."