IBM ATA-3 FileCopy, Utilities, Diagnostics, type filecopy, Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide

FileCopy

Note:

FileCopy

does

not

check

the

destination drive.

All

data

on

FileCopy

is

a

program

that

runs

under

DOS

and

copies

all

files

from

the

destination

drive

is

overwritten.

one

drive

letter

to

another.

You

can

use

FileCopy

with Disk Manager

to

simplify

the

task

of

adding

a

new hard

disk

drive

that

will

replace

To

start

FileCopy:

your

startup

drive

and

will

contain

your

operating

system.

1.

Insert theDisk Manager

Diskette

into drive

A.

Moving

a

single

program

to

another

drive

(for

example

from

the

C

2.

At

the

DOS

prompt,

type filecopy: .

drive

to

the

D

drive)

can

cause

access

problems

in

many

applications.

3. PressEnter .

To

avoid

these

problems,

use

the

FileCopy

utility

program

to

copy

all

4.

Follow

the instructions

on

the

screen.

files

from

the

source

drive

(normally C)

to

a

destination

drive

You

are

prompted

to

enter

the

source

and

destination

drives.

The

(normally

D).

Then

reconfigure

the

destination

drive

as

the

master

program

accepts

either

C:

or

C.

Press

Esc

at

any

time

to

cancel

drive,

reconfigure

or

remove the

original

source

drive,

and

restart

your

the

copy.

computer.

The

new

drive

becomes

the

drive

C

and

your

applications

Disk

Utilities

and

Diagnostics

run

normally

because

they

originally

were

on

your

old

drive

C. If

you

replace

an

older

slower

drive,

you

might

want

to

keep

the

old

drive

as

Save

the Disk Manager

Diskette. It

contains

a

set

of

advanced

hard

a spare.

disk

drive

diagnostics

and

test

programs

that

might

assist

you

if

If

you

are

replacing

your

drive

C

with

a

new

and

much

larger

drive,

serious

problems

occur

with

your

drive. Do

not

use

these

programs

if

the

files

that

you

copy

from

the

smaller

drive

might

use

much

more

you

have

not

experienced

problems

with

the

hard

disk

drive.

If

you

space

because

the

new

drive

can

have

a

larger

cluster

size.

For

have

a

disk

drive

problem

that

you

can

not

solve

and

you

call

information

about

cluster

sizes,

see

“Selecting

a

Drive

Partition

Size”

technical

support

for

assistance,

the

support

representative

might

want

on

page

2-4.

to talk you through solving

the

problem by using one or

more

of

the

For

more

information

about

FileCopy,

see

the

FileCopy

online

help.

diagnostic

programs

on

the

diskette.

To

access

the

FileCopy

online

help:

For

more

information

about

installing

and

using

Disk Manager

,

see

the

1.

Insert

theDisk Manager

Diskette

into

drive

A.

Disk

Manager

Online

Manual

.

To open the online help, go to the A:

prompt,

insert

the Disk Manager

Diskette,

typedm\h

,

and

press

2.

Open

an

editor

and

access the

drive

A

root

directory.

Enter .

3.

Open

FILECOPY.TXT

to

view

the

FileCopy

online

information.

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