Put the “source” diskette in drive A, and the “target” diskette in drive B. At this time, you may want to check the directories of both diskettes in order to make sure you will not overwrite a file on the target diskette with the same name as the one you want to copy.

Once you’re sure its safe to copy, enter the COPY command with the following format:

A> COPY A:(filename) B:

For example, to copy the file “MAYSALES.RPT” from drive A to drive B, enter the command.

A> COPY A:MAYSALES.RPT B:

When the copying process is done, the computer will display:

You can also enter this command without the default drive letter, as:

A > COPY MAYSALES.RPT B:

When no drive letter is specified for the source drive, MS-DOS assumes that you want to copy a file from the default drive.

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