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- Creating Working Diskettes For a Floppy Based Computer
-
- File Express can be run from diskettes if you are a patient type of
- person. We recommend that you run from a hard disk if at all
- possible. To use File Express on a diskette system you must first
- install it on a hard disk and then copy specific program files to
- one or more diskettes. If you don't have a hard disk to do the
- initial installation, you will have to find someone who does. You
- cannot use the Master Program Diskette to run File Express.
-
- There is room on the diskettes for DOS and COMMAND.COM if you want
- to be able to boot from the File Express diskette. Only Disk 1
- needs to have the DOS system files but all the disks should have
- a copy of COMMAND.COM on them so that you can drop to DOS from
- inside File Express. You can use the FORMAT command with
- the /S option to make a bootable diskette. See your DOS manual if
- you need more information on this procedure.
-
- After File Express is installed on a hard disk you can copy the
- needed files to a floppy disk as shown below. The examples assume
- you have installed File Express in a subdirectory called \FE5 on
- the C: drive and are copying to diskettes in the A: drive.
-
- For a 3.5" 720K system:
- Label a floppy as Disk 1 and put it into drive A: and type:
-
- COPY C:\FE5\FE.EXE A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.PRO A: <Enter> (if you have one)
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSG A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSI A: <Enter>
-
- Remove Disk 1 from drive A: and replace it with a diskette labeled
- Disk 2 and type:
-
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.VM A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSG A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSI A: <Enter>
-
-
- For a 5.25" 1.2M system:
- Label a floppy as Disk 1 and put it into drive A: and type:
-
- COPY C:\FE5\FE.EXE A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.PRO A: <Enter> (if you have one)
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.VM A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSG A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSI A: <Enter>
-
-
- For a 3.5" 1.44M system:
- Label a floppy as Disk 1 and put it into drive A: and type:
-
- COPY C:\FE5\FE.EXE A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.PRO A: <Enter> (if you have one)
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.VM A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSG A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.MSI A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.HLP A: <Enter>
- COPY C:\FE5\FE5.HLI A: <Enter>
-
- Help will not be available for the 720K or the 1.2M system but
- there is enough room to fit the help files onto a high-density 3.5"
- diskette.
-
-
-
- Running On a Floppy Based Computer
-
- For a 720K system two disks are needed. To start File Express on
- this type of system, place Disk 1, containing FE.EXE, into drive A:
- and type:
-
- FE <Enter>
-
- When DOS prompts: Enter directory for FE5.VM, remove Disk 1 from
- the drive and replace it with Disk 2 and type:
-
- A: <Enter>
-
- File Express starts running. This lets you use drive B: for data
- files. You do not have to put Disk 1 back in drive A:. All the
- required overlay files are on Disk 2.
-
- To run File Express from either a 3.5" high-density drive or from
- a 1.2 meg 5.25" drive, place Disk 1 in drive A and type:
-
- FE <Enter>
-
- File Express starts and you can use drive B: for your data.