Copying the Remaining Files to the Hard Disk

Follow the instructions below to copy the files on your other MS-DOS diskettes and the Reference diskette to drive C, the primary partition on the hard disk:

1.Remove the MS-DOS Startup diskette from drive A and insert the diskette labeled Operating 1 in the drive.

2.You should still be logged onto drive A. If not, type A :, and press

Enter.

3.At the A> prompt, type the following and press Enter:

COPY *.* C:\DOS

MS-DOS copies all the files from the diskette to the \DOS subdirectory on the hard disk. The file names appear on the screen as they are copied.

4.When the A> prompt reappears, remove the Operating I diskette and repeat the procedure for the Operating 2 and Reference diskettes. Store all your diskettes in a safe place.

The procedures described above copy all the files on the MS-DOS and Reference diskettes to the \DOS subdirectory on drive C. You may, however, want to store some of these commands in other subdirectories so they are easier to find. (The file COMMAND.COM, which is included on the Startup and Operating 1 diskettes, must remain in the root directory.) For information on creating subdirectories, see Chapter 5 or see your MS-DOS Reference Manual.

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