VECTOR 4
USERIS
MANUAL
VECTOR 4 CP/M
RESIDENT
COMMANDS
The
DISKCOPY
CQIIlmand
This
program
provides
you with a way
to
do quick and complete backup from
floppy
to
floppy. DISKCOPY does
not
require
that
the
disks
be
formatted
first.
You
can
back
up on an
already-used
diskette
without
erasing
and
reformatting, or copy onto a new diskette without having
to
run
the
FORMAT
program first.
I!
your
Vector
4 uses either a 5 or a
10
megabyte hard drive, you
can
use
it
as temporary storage while copying disks. Normally,
the
DISKCOPY
program
loads
as
much as
it
can
from
your
source
disk into the Vector 4's memory;
then
it
prompts
you
to
insert
the
destination
diskette
and
it
copies
the
information
onto
it.
The
process
then repeats until the source diskette has
been duplicated. But
if
you
are
logged into a Winchester
(hard-drive)
during
the
program, you have
the
option of telling the program
to
copy everything
on
the
source
diskette
onto
the
hard
drive.
From
there
it
is
copied
to
the
destination floppy, saving you the time required
to
swap diskettes repeatedly.
This program offers two options,
Rand
E.
These
serve
basically
the
same
purpose
as
the
similar options in
the
FORMAT
program:
to
Repeat
the
action
over
several
disks,
or
to
return
a
message
for
any
Errors
the
program
discovers.
You
can
enter
both
Rand
E in
the
same command line, if you
need to.
To run the program:
1.
Enter the command DISKCOPY
<RIE>
[RETURNl The screen will display
a message similar
to
this one:
DISKCOPY -
VERSION
LX
DRIVE:
[C] 5 INCH
DOUBLE
SIDED FLOPPY
[D] 5 INCH
SINGLE
SIDED
FLOPPY
[E] 5 INCH
DOUBLE
SIDED FLOPPY
SELECT SOURCE
DRIVE
FROM
ABOVE:
Again,
this
message
will
vary
depending on the
exact
type of hardware
that
makes
up
your system, and the way in which your drives are configured.
2.
Enter
the
letter
(from
the
list
on
screen) in which the source disk (where
the
information
is
to
be
copied
from) is
mounted.
The
screen
will
display:
SELECT
DESTINATION
DRIVE
FROM
ABOVE:
3.
Enter the
letter
for
the
drive where
the
blank diskette is mounted.
Rev. B -
2-61-83
7100-6001
IX-35
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