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Insert the diskette you want to copy from (the source) in the diskette
drive and press any key. DISKCOPY starts to copy the contents of the
diskette to the computer’s memory.

When the memory is full, the screen displays this message:

Insert TARGET diskette in drive A:

Press any key when ready . . .

Remove the diskette from drive A and insert the blank diskette in the
drive. Press any key. DISKCOPY checks to see if the new diskette is
formatted. If it is not, DISKCOPY formats the diskette. The copy

operation begins when the format is complete.

When

DISKCOPY has

copied the files from memory to the copy

diskette, the screen prompts you to insert the source diskette again to

copy the remaining data to the computer’s memory. Insert the original

diskette in drive A and press any key.

Once DISKCOPY has copied the rest of the original diskette’s files to
the computer’s memory, the screen prompts you to insert the target
diskette (the copy) again to copy the remaining data from memory to the

diskette. Insert the copy diskette and press any key.

When the copy is complete, you see this message:

Copy another diskette (Y/N)?

Press Y and

Enter

to copy another diskette or

N

and

Enter

to return

to the MS-DOS command prompt.

Using the COPY command

You can use the COPY command to copy files in several ways:

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You can copy individual files from a diskette or the hard disk to a
diskette or hard disk file.

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You can copy a group of files using wildcard characters.

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You can copy one or more files and give them new names.

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You can combine or merge files into one file.

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