5.Remove the original diskette from drive A and insert the blank diskette (the target) in the drive. Press any key. If the new diskette is not formatted, DISKCOPY formats it and then copies the contents of memory to the diskette. When the copy is complete, you see this message:

Copy another diskette (Y/N)?

6.Press Y and Enter to copy another diskette or N and Enter to return to the MS-DOS command prompt.

Using the BACKUP Command

Use the BACKUP command to back up the data on your hard disk. It provides a convenient and efficient way to copy the files on your hard disk. BACKUP allows you to do the following:

Split large files across two or more diskettes

Copy only those files that have been modified since the most recent backup

Copy only those files that have been created (or modified) after a specified date

Copy files in the current directory together with files in all subdirectories of the current directory

Format diskettes while copying files.

Unlike DISKCOPY and COPY, which make readable copies of files, BACKUP creates files that you cannot access directly. To return files copied with the BACKUP command to their original locations on the hard disk, you must use the RESTORE command.

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