Copying One Disk to Another with the DiskCopy Utility
You can use this utility to copy the contents of one floppy disk to another floppy disk. Because of
the way the utility works, the two floppies must have precisely the same format. A better alternative
for modern media is the XCopy utility described in the ???Performing Bulk File Transfers with
the XCopy Utility??? section of Chapter 14. This utility uses the following syntax:
DISKCOPY [drive1: [drive2:]] [/V]
The following list describes each of the command line arguments.
drive1: Specifies the source drive.
drive2: Specifies the destination drive. If you don??™t specify a destination drive, the utility
assumes that you??™ll use one drive for the comparison and prompts you to replace the source disk
with the destination disk as needed.
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/V Verifies that the files copied correctly. Always use this option to ensure maximum copy
reliability.
Modifying Data Files with the Edit Utility
The Edit utility is a very useful application to know about because it works when most other editors
don??™t. The Edit utility is quite small, so you can place it on a floppy if you want or a CD that contains
your diagnostic software.
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