Copying Files And Folders - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Fa/con030 Owner's Manual
Copyi ng Fi l es and Fo lders
You can copy window i tems ( fi les and folders) onto a floppy disk, logical drive or
folder.
When you copy a folder, the subdirectory information and all the folder' s contents
(files and other folders) are copied to the new location.
To copy a w indow item, select the item and drag i t to its new position on the
desktop. You can drag a w indow item to another w i ndow, disk icon, or folder icon.
The i te m ' s destination icon w i l l highlight when the i tem i s positioned on top of the
destination icon.
Note: If you drag a data file on top of an application, the application will run . The
data file will be used as a parameter and will open automatically.
When you begin a copy operation on a s i ngle or on multiple w indow items, the
Copy File(s) dialog box appears. You must select OK to continue the copy
procedure. Work i ng with a s i ngle floppy drive, you w i l l need to switch disks
occasionall y to complete the procedure. The computer provides alert dialog boxes
to tell you when to switch disks. The Copy File(s) d ialog box shows the name of the
destination folder, and d isplays each item ' s name as that item is copied.
Note: The Copy File(s) dialog box will not appear if the File Copies confirmation
option has been turned off. See Set Preferences for more information on the File
Copies confirmation option.
You can halt the copy operation by pressing [Undo] while the bee icon displays. On
a s i ngle disk drive system, press [Undo] w h i le the source disk i s in the drive. When
the Abort Operation dialog box appears, select Yes to halt the operation, or No if
you w ish to continue copying.
To copy an entire disk, drag the disk icon to the copy destination ( floppy disk,
logical drive, or folder). Copying a disk icon to a folder adds the contents of the
disk to the folder w i thout d isturbing the contents of the folder.
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