Epson Apex 386/40 Canadian Product User Manual - Page 58

Backing up Your Diskettes and Files, Operating Your System

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Type the name you want to give the disk with a maximum of 11 characters, or press if you don't want a label, and show the following: Format another (Y/N)? Press if you do have nothing else to be formatted. 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 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 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 if you have nothing else to be copied. Backlng up a file: To back up a single file, key in the backup command and directory as below: A>backup /A 4 Chapter 3: Operating Your System

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Type the name you want to give the disk with a maximum of 11
characters, or press
<Enter>
if you don’t want a label, and show the
following:
Format another (Y/N)?
Press
<N>
if you do have nothing else to be formatted.
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.
Backlng 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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