Datatech Enterprises 386/25, User Manual

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Backing up your Diskettes and Files
In order not to lose your files through disk damage or accidental
deletion it is important to back up all your files and diskettes regularly.
Backing up a diskette on a two-floppy disk drive system:
At the A> prompt type the following:
A> diskcopy a: b:
Press <Enter> and respond to the prompts on your screen.
Backing up a diskette on a single floppy disk drive system:
At the A> prompt type the following:
A> diskcopy
Press <Enter> and respond to the prompts on your screen.
After your target disk has been copied, you will see the following
prompt:
Copy another diskette (Y/N)?
Press <N> if you have nothing else to be copied.
Backing up a file:
To back up a single file, key in the backup command and directory as
below:
A>backup <path> <filename> <drive> /A
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