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In article <marke-2208951320020001@port47.annex2.nwlink.com>,
marke@nwlink.com (Mark Eaton) writes:
> In article <41c5ql$n8c@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, dpg1001@cam.ac.uk (Duncan
> Grisby) wrote:
> 
> > 
> > How about the Amiga's method -- a disk icon stays on the
> > desktop for as long as something is using it. This includes
> > having a window of one of its directories open in Workbench.
> > To copy a file from one disk to another, you simply put the
> > source disk in, and locate the directory window(s) you
> > require. You then eject the disk and put the destination
> > one in. Now, when you drag the files from one window to the
> > other, the system prompts for the necessary disks to
> > perform the copy.
> > 
> 
> What do you do if you want to copy disk 1 to disk 2 (i.e. make a disk
> dupe)? Do you have to insert disk 1 and open a window just to keep the
> disk active?

There are three main methods of duplicating disks; the
first is, as you suggest, to have something locking the
first disk (like having a window to it open, or another
program accessing it), and dragging the icon on to the
icon of the new disk.

The second method is to select the icon of the disk you
wish to duplicate, then choose "Duplicate Disk" from the
"Icon" menu (for the pedantic, this option is only
selectable when a disk icon is selected). The system then
prompts for the disks as necessary.

The final method is to use the diskcopy command from the
CLI.  :-)

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