At
the
right
side
of the
screen,
TRSDOS shows
the free space and the total amount of space on
the diskette.
The FORMAT and
BACKUP Commands
It
is
important to protect
information
that you
store
on diskettes, In an
instant,
you can kose
weeks of work as a
result
of:
*
Worn-out or mishandled diskettes
Mishandled
equipment
*
The power going out while you're using the
computer
To
avoid
losing important information,
you
should
copy
all
diskettes.
Copy
your master
TRSDOS System Diskette and
use
the copy
from
now
on.
To make a copy of a diskette, you must
first
use
the TORMAT
command lo organize a blank
diskette
into a filing system in which the system
can
store
and retrieve disk files. Then you must
use
the
BACKUP command
to
copy all tiles
from
your
system diskette
to the
"formatted"
disketle.
To format and back up your TRSDOS System
nifikFttfi. follow Thesfc
stpfis:
1. Insert a
blank diskette
into
Drive
1. (First
make sure the diskettes write-protect notch
is
not covered by a foil tab.)
2. At TRSDOS Ready; type:
FORMAT
:1 !Q=N>
figgS)
(Be
Surg
to
type
the
number
"V
not
a lower-
case
letter
"L* This tells TRSDOS to format
the diskette in Drive 1.)
Nate:
If
you type only
format
:i
SHTEffl
. TRSDOS asks
several
ques-
tions shout how to format the disk-
ette. By
including
the
o=n
parame-
ter
(Query
=
No),
you
bypass the
questions, [See your Disk System
Owner's
Manual for more in
forma-
tion about how to customize the
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