Diskcopy a: a, Once, Copy another diskette (y/n) – Epson LT-286 User Manual

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Log onto drive C (your hard disk) if you are not there already.

If necessary, use the CD command to change to the directory

containing the file DISKCOPY.COM.

At the

C

>

prompt, type the following and press

Enter:

DISKCOPY A: A:

MS-DOS displays this message:

Insert SOURCE diskette in drive A:

Press any key when ready . . .

Insert the diskette you want to copy from (your source diskette)

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

(your target 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

target diskette, it prompts you to reinsert the source diskette so

it can copy the remaining data to the computer’s memory.

Insert the source diskette in drive A and press any key.

Once

DISKCOPY has copied the rest of the source diskette’s

files to the computer’s memory, the screen prompts you to

reinsert the target diskette so that the remaining data can be
copied from memory to the target diskette. Insert the target

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

MS-DOS With Your Equity LT-286

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