TURN.
The
drive
will
start spinning
as
it
for-
. mats
your
blank diskette.
This
process takes
about
two
minutes.
You
know
that
the format-
ting
is
completed
when
the DOS
prompt
appears again:
SELECT
ITEM
OR
RETURN
FOR
MENU.
STEP 5
When the
SELECT
ITEM prompt appears, re-
move the
newly
formatted diskette and set
it
aside.
Then, re-insert the DOS Master Diskette
that
you
used earlier.
Loading
the
Program
and
Making
the
Backup
Copy
You
are
now
ready
to
make the backup copy
of
the program
you
wish
to
use.
To
do
this,
first
you
will load the original diskette program
into
your
computer's memory, then
you
will
copy this information
onto
your
formatted dis-
kette.
The
original diskette
that
you
'
want
to
copy
is
called the source diskette; the diskette
that
will
contain the backup copy
is
known
as
the destination diskette.
STEP 1
Notice
that
item J on the DOS menu
is
the
duplicate disk function.
To
select this option,
type
J and press
RETURN
.
STEP 2
Another prompt appears: DUP DISK-SOURCE,
DEST
DRIVES?
This prompt
asks
for the drive
number
of
the source and destination diskettes.
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