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- When you execute RESTORE, it usually prompts you to start with BACKUP DISK 01,
- but if the file you want is on some other disk, then start with the one you
- need, and ignore the error message (if any) about an incorrect disk sequence.
-
- Unlike COPY and XCOPY, RESTORE does not have a /V option. Execute the VERIFY
- command to turn VERIFY ON before doing a restore if there is any question about
- the reliability of the destination diskettes. See the NEW_TERMS VERIFY topic
- for more information.
-
- Using BACKUP and RESTORE is a way to copy a large file (greater than the size
- of a single diskette) from one computer to another.
-
- RESTORE with one level of DOS may not read diskettes created by BACKUP for
- another level of DOS. Use caution when changing levels of DOS. Run a few
- compatibility tests first. RESTORE 3.3 on most systems is a lot different than
- preceding levels of RESTORE.
-
- RESTORE can handle lots of subdirectories and will restore duplicate named
- files (a file in two directories with the same name) correctly. Older versions
- of BACKUP (prior to 3.3) can selectively restore a file (by specifying a
- filename) that was a duplicate of another on the backup diskette by specifying
- the extension .* or .??? on the RESTORE command. Otherwise, RESTORE will say
- it can't find the file. (A duplicate filename on the backup diskette is
- indicated by the presence of an extension of the form .@nn, where nn is a
- number.) Later versions of RESTORE don't have this problem.
-
- Some versions of RESTORE will restore the DOS system (hidden) files or
- COMMAND.COM if they are on your backup diskettes. Unless you are doing a full
- restore to an empty hard disk, this will probably put them in the wrong place
- on the disk. Then you system may not boot later. The safe solution is to
- delete them from the backup diskette at the time BACKUP puts them there
- (which may not possible without a separately purchased program). The other
- solution is to only do full restores from such diskettes.