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Operations Involving Disks
Initializing Disks
To
use
a
new disk
with
the
Amiga,
it must be
initialized.
If
you copy a
disk, the
new
disk
is initialized
as
it receives the
copy
.
To initialize
a
disk
without
making
a copy, insert
the disk in
a
disk drive,
select
the disk icon that
appears on the
Workbench
,
then choose
Initialize from the Disk menu.
The
disk
drive
light
will
come on
until the initialization is
completed.
Duplicating Disks
To
duplicate
a
disk,
select
the icon
for
the disk, then
choose
Duplicate
from
the
Workbench menu
.
Note that
when you choose
Duplicate, the
Amiga makes
use
of only one
disk drive
even
if there
are
two
or
more drives.
Copying Disks
In the last
chapter
,
you saw
how to
copy
disks using menus.
The
quick
way
to
copy a disk
is to drag its icon
over
the icon
for a
disk that
will
receive the
copy
.
If
you
have
more
than
one disk
drive
,
a requester asks you to insert
the
disk you
want to copy (the source disk)
into
one of
the drives,
and
the
disk to receive
the
copy (the destination disk)
into
another. (Note
that
"drive dfO:"
referred to in the
requester
is the internal drive
.
"Drive
dfl:" is the
external
drive.)
Two warnings:
Copying
a disk destroys any previous information
stored
on the disk that
receives the copy.
If, when
you
copy a disk,
you
insert the destination disk in place of the
source
disk,
you
will not get a message telling
you
that
you've
inserted the
wrong disk. Be
sure
to insert the correct disk
.
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Using
the
Workbench
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