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- Chapter 3.
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- Backing Up Your X-DOS Diskettes
- Introduction
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- Since you now have a basic knowledge of the structure of the X-
- DOS 5.0 disk operating system it is time to try using it. This
- chapter will take you through the procedure of making a backup
- copy of your original X-DOS diskette.
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- Booting your Computer with X-DOS
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- It is possible to run most of the X-DOS utilities with another
- DOS installed, but this is not advisable. To obtain the most
- reliable performance we strongly recommend that you only use the
- X-DOS utilities after you have booted with X-DOS .
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- To do this you should take your original X-DOS diskette labelled
- Disk 1 (Boot Disk) and insert it into your A: floppy drive.
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- Close the drive door and turn on, or reboot, your computer. Your
- computer will go through its normal system initialization and
- then begin loading X-DOS from the diskette. This is called
- booting your computer.
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- The loading of X-DOS will take approximately 5 seconds, depending
- on processor and diskette drive characteristics. When X-DOS is
- finished loading, your should see the X-DOS copyright message as
- well as the default prompt.
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- Making a Backup Diskette
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- You should now make a working backup copy of your original X-DOS
- diskette(s) and use this backup for normal operation. This will
- ensure that you can always make a new working copy if your backup
- diskettes should become damaged or lost.
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- The DISKCOPY Command
- To make a working backup copy of your X-DOS diskettes you should
- use the X-DOS command DISKCOPY, which makes an image copy of your
- original diskettes onto two backup diskettes if your X-DOS
- diskettes are 5 1/4" 360K diskettes. If your version of X-DOS is
- on 3 1/2" 720K media then you will only have one X-DOS diskette.
- Please follow the instructions outlined below, depending on the
- type of original X-DOS diskette you have.
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- Making Working Copies of 5 1/4" Diskettes
- If your version of X-DOS is on two 5 1/4" diskettes, you will
- need either a 5 1/4" 360K floppy drive or a 5 1/4" 1.2M floppy
- drive.
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- This installation procedure assumes that you only have one 5 1/4"
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- floppy drive and this floppy drive designates the drive letter
- A:. If you have more than one 5 1/4" floppy drive, you can still
- use this installation procedure.
- 1. Insert the original X-DOS diskette labeled Disk 1
- (Boot Disk) in your floppy drive and boot your
- computer.
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- 2. When the X-DOS prompt A:\| appears, type:
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- DISKCOPY A: A:
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- 3. DISKCOPY will prompt you to insert the target
- diskette in the drive. Since Disk 1 (Boot Disk) is
- already in the drive, press any key (except the <>
- key) to begin the disk copying process.
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- 4. When DISKCOPY has read all information from Disk 1
- (Boot Disk) into memory, it prompts you to remove
- the source diskette and insert the target diskette
- into the same drive.
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- The target diskette can be any formatted or
- unformatted 5 1/4" diskette capable of holding
- 360K of data. Please remove the original X-DOS
- diskette from the floppy drive and insert the
- target diskette, which should be a new, unused
- diskette. When this is done press the [Enter] key
- to continue the disk copying process.
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- 5. DISKCOPY now copies the contents from the original
- Disk 1 onto the target diskette. If the target
- diskette is unformatted, DISKCOPY will first format
- the diskette before writing the data onto it.
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- 6. When DISKCOPY has finished writing the contents
- from the original X-DOS Disk 1 (Boot Disk) diskette
- onto the first working backup diskette, it will ask
- you if you want to diskcopy another diskette.
- Remove the first working backup diskette from the
- floppy drive and press the 'Y' key on your keyboard
- to confirm that you want to diskcopy one more
- diskette. DISKCOPY will now prompt you to insert
- the source diskette into drive A:.
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- Take the second original X-DOS diskette labeled
- Disk 2 (Utilities), insert it into the floppy
- drive, and press any key to begin the disk copying
- process.
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- 7. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to make a working backup
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- diskette of the second X-DOS diskette. When
- DISKCOPY has finished writing data to the target
- diskette, it will prompt you if you want to
- diskcopy another diskette. This time you should
- press the 'N' key to exit the DISKCOPY command.
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- 8. You now have two working backup diskettes of the
- original X-DOS diskettes. Remember to label the
- two working backup diskettes so you can tell them
- apart. Take the original X-DOS diskettes and store
- them in a safe place. You should never use the
- original diskettes as working diskettes.
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- Making a Working Copy on a 3 1/2" Diskette
- If your version of X-DOS is on one 3 1/2" diskette, you will need
- either a 3 1/2" 720K floppy drive or a 3 1/2" 1.44M floppy drive.
- This installation procedure assumes that you only have one 3 1/2"
- floppy drive and this floppy drive is designated the drive letter
- A:. If you have more than one 3 1/2" floppy drive, you can still
- use this installation procedure.
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- 1. Insert the original X-DOS diskette labeled X-DOS
- 5.0 in your floppy drive and boot your computer.
- 2. When the X-DOS prompt A:\| appears, type:
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- DISKCOPY A: A:
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- 3. DISKCOPY will prompt you to insert the target
- diskette in the drive. Since the original X-DOS
- diskette is already in the drive, press any key
- (except the [Esc] key) to begin the diskcopying
- process.
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- 4. When DISKCOPY has read as much information as will
- reside in memory from the original diskette, it
- prompts you to remove the source diskette and
- insert the target diskette into the same drive. The
- target diskette can be any formatted or unformatted
- 3 1/2" diskette capable of holding 720K of data.
- Please remove the original X-DOS diskette from the
- floppy drive and insert target diskette, which
- should be a new, unused diskette. When this is done
- press the [Enter] key to continuing the diskcopying
- process.
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- 5. DISKCOPY now copies the contents from the original
- X-DOS diskette onto the target diskette. If the
- target diskette is unformatted, DISKCOPY will first
- format the diskette before writing the data to the
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- 6. Depending on the memory configuration of your
- computer, you may have to repeat step 3 and 4 a few
- times for DISKCOPY to copy all the contents from
- the original diskette onto the working backup copy.
- When DISKCOPY has finished writing the contents
- from the original X-DOS diskette onto the working
- backup diskette, it will prompt you if you want to
- diskcopy another diskette. Press the 'N' key on
- your keyboard to exit the diskcopy command.
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- 7. You now have a working backup diskette of the
- original X-DOS diskette. Remember to label the
- working backup diskette so you can always recognize
- it. Now take the original X-DOS diskette and store
- it in a safe place. You should never use the
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