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Article #3612Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5"
From: Paula Stockholm
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 19:02
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 19:02
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In article <93005.135138HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:
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> In article <1993Jan5.154638.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>,
> 11srust@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Scott A. Rust) says:
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> > I'm having a problem copying DOS 5.0 setup disks from their original
> >5.25" HD disks to 3.5" HD disks. The computer I'm installing the program into
> >only handles 3.5. Using diskcopy doesn't work as the computer says the dirves
> >or formats are incompatible. Using copy *.* doesn't work because it doesn't
> >copy the entire disk. Suggestions on what I can use here?
XCOPY.EXE should work. Don't forget to name the volumes
"DISK [six spaces] n"; n being the disk number.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gator!nlbbs!uupms!paula From: paula@nlbbs.UUCP (Paula Stockholm) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5" Message-ID: <726346975snx@nlbbs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 93 19:02:55 GMT References: <93005.135138HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> Reply-To: paula@nlbbs.uucp Distribution: world Organization: The Electronics Workbench - Cumberland Maine Lines: 20