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Chapter
6
Copying and
Large
Sometimes
a hard
disk
file is
too Largs
to
fit
on
one
floppy diskette
i-o-
this
reason,
I
HSDOS
nas
a
utility
caned
HDCOPY4VBAS
that
transfers
a
large
hard
disk
file
onto several
Floppy diskettes.
Copying a
File
with
HDCOFY4
Before copying a hand
disk
file,
be
sure
that
you have
enough
mite-
enabled,
THODOG-formatted
diskettes
to
receive the
file,
fit
is
a
good
idea
to
have one
extra,
in
case one
is
flawed.}
See
Chapter
5
for
information
on
calculating
ihe
number
of
diskettes
you neec.
Afler
formatting the
diskettes,
you can
run
the
HDC0PY4
utility,
which
is
actually
a
BASIC
program:
1-
Type:
BASIC
HDC0PY4/BA3
nEMTETr
HDC0PY4
displays
its
main menu:
HARDCOPY-Oi
sk
f
i
L
e
Backup
Ut
i
L
i
t
y
-
for
TRSDOS 6.1.1
or
Later
-
mmtddtyy
Copyright
<C)
1983
by
Logical Systems,
Inc.
<C>
Create Backup
copy
<R>
Read
in
Backup
copy
<a>
to
Exit
Your Selection
?
Type
C
dSffiK.
2.
HDG0PV4
asks you
to
enter the
source
drive.
Enter the
number.
If,
for
example,
the disk
file
you want
to
copy
is
on
Hard
Disk Drive
1,
type:
1
[EKHB3
3.
HDCOPY4
then asks you
to
enter the
deslinatiorn
drive.
Place
a write-enableo,
THSDGS-f&rmatted
diskette
In
Floppy
Drive
A and
type:
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