Duplicate Disk - Atari DOS 2.5: XF551 Owner's Manual

If your computer system incl udes
both an XF551 and an 810 Disk
Drive, or if you have and use files originally created and stored
usi ng DOS 2.0S, see Append ix H for detailed informat ion on
managing your files and diskettes wit h DOS 2.5.
If
you want
to use fi les originally formatted with DOS 3, see Appendix L.
Remember to label your diskettes clearly with the version of
DOS used to format each one.
The example below illustrates Drive 1 as the drive to be format-
ted ; however, you can specify any drive. If you try to format a
diskette containing bad sectors, the screen will display an
ERROR·173 (Bad Sectors at Format Time). If DOS gels a mes-
sage from the disk drive that the diskette has bad sectors , it will
keep trying to format the diskette. If this happens, it may take up
to 15 minutes trying to format a diskette before returning an
ERROR-173.
If a diskette is new and has bad sectors , you should relurn it to
the supplier for exchange .
SELECT ITEI1 OF:
1 "''''''1
FOc' I'IUIU
I
I""""
1
WHICH DRIVE TO FORMAT?
1 I
Rew-n ]
T'r'PE
"'y'"
TO FORI'IAT D I :3f<: 1
y
I"'''''' 1
Warning : Formatting a diskette always destroys all files and
formal previously existing on the diskette.
J . DUPLICATE DISK
Use this menu option to create an exact duplicate of any disk-
ette. You can use this option with a single disk drive by manually
swapping source (diskette with files on it) and destination (disk-
ette on which you are putting files) until the duplication process is
complete. You can also use this option with multiple disk drive
systems by inserting source and destination diskettes in two
separate drives and allowing the duplication process to proceed
automatically.
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