8 Copying System Diskettes

Now that you have started your system and loaded MS-DOS, it is important that you make copies of your MS-DOS diskettes right away. Use the copies (called working copies) as they are needed and store the originals in a safe place.

Each of the system diskettes is formatted for 360KB. (Formatting prepares a diskette to store data and is described in Chapter 3 and Chapter 5.)

To copy them, you need seven 360KB doubledensity, 5¼-inch diskettes.

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If you do not have any 360KB diskettes, you can use unformatted 1.2MB diskettes. When copying from 360KB diskettes, the DISKCOPY program formats the 1.2MB diskettes for 360KB.

Follow these steps:

1.The C > prompt should be on the screen. If not, type C: and press Enter.

2.Type the following and press Enter:

DISKCOPY A: A:

The screen displays this message:

Insert SOURCE diskette in drive A:

Press any key to continue...

3.Insert the MS-DOS diskette in drive A, as shown below. Hold the diskette with the label facing up and the read/write slot into the drive.

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