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34 MS-DOS User's Guide
Copying a disk
What's next?
To copy the contents of a disk in drive A to a disk in drive B, you
would use the following command:
di 5 kcopy a: b:
Copy a disk...
...to drive B.
...from drive A...
Example
Suppose you want to bring a data disk with you on a business trip,
but you don't want to take your original disk because it might get
damaged. All you have to do is use the diskcopy command to
make a copy of the disk. For example, to copy the contents of a
disk in drive A to a disk in drive B, you simply follow these steps:
Q] Put the disk you want to copy in drive A.
GO Put a blank disk in drive B.
[H At the ms-dos prompt, type the following command:
di 5 kcopy a : b:
H Press the return key.
Your screen should look like this:
A>di 5 k copy a: b:
Insert SOURCE diskette in drive A:
Insert TARGET diskette in drive B:
Press any key when ready . . .
H] Press the spacebar to start the diskcopy process.
When the disk has been copied, ms-dos asks:
Copy another? (Y/N)
[H Press N (for No) to exit the diskcopy program.
If you'd like more detailed information about the commands in
this chapter, see your MS-DOS User's Reference. But if you are
satisfied that you know enough about these commands, you can
go on to the next chapter, where you'll learn how to run some
applications with ms-dos.
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