Making Backup Copies

It is important to make copies of all your diskettes. Make backup (working) copies of all diskettes that contain programs, such as your operating system and Reference diskettes; then use only the copies. Store the original diskettes away from your working diskettes. Also, copy your data diskettes as necessary to keep your files up-to-date.

You’ll probably use your hard disk to store the programs and data files you use regularly. Keep backup copies of all these files on diskettes.

You can copy your data in several ways. See your operating system manual for instructions.

Using a Single Diskette Drive System

MS-DOS expects a computer to have at least two diskette drives (A and B), and displays prompts and messages accordingly. Your ActionNote supports one 3.5-inch external diskette drive; this is drive A. MS-DOS uses the one drive as two by displaying alternate prompts for the source and target diskettes.

For example, if you need to make a copy of a diskette, you can insert the diskette in drive A and enter the following command:

DISKCOPY A: B:

MS-DOS copies the data from drive A (the source diskette) to its memory and then prompts you to insert the diskette for drive B. At this point, you remove the original diskette, insert a blank diskette (the target diskette), and press any key to continue. Then MS-DOS copies the data from its memory to the target diskette.

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