Epson Equity Ie Q50188015-1 - Manual (Page 27)

9
Copying System Diskettes
Now that you have set up your system and loaded MS-DOS, it
is
important that you make copies of your three system diskettes right away.
Use only the copies (usually called “working copies”) for daily use and store
the originals in a safe place.
The procedure for copying a diskette depends on whether your computer
has one or two diskette drives. Follow the instructions given for your model.
You will need three blank, double-sided, double-density,
720KB
diskettes.
Before you copy your system diskettes, write-protect them so you can’t
accidentally erase data. See Chapter 3 for instructions on write-protecting
diskettes. Also, label each copy you make right away.
Copying with two diskette drives
1. the Startup/Operating 1 diskette in drive A if it is not there
already.
2. Insert a blank diskette in drive B, the bottom drive.
3. Type the following and press Enter:
DISKCOPY A: B:
The screen displays this message:
Insert SOURCE diskette in drive A:
Insert TARGET diskette in drive B:
Press any key when ready . . .
4. Drive A already contains the diskette you want to copy (the source) and
drive B contains the blank diskette (the target), so just press any key.
.
If the diskette in drive B is not formatted, the DISKCOPY program
formats it. Then the program begins copying the data from drive A to
the formatted diskette in drive B.
5. When the copy is complete, the screen displays this prompt:
Copy another diskette (Y/N)?
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