╚OPEFULLY BY NOW ALL OF US HAVE WORKING COPIES OF ╟┼╧╙ 2.0. ╘HE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS IS TO MAKE BACK-UP COPIES OF YOUR ╟┼╧S ═ASTER DISKS. ╙TEP 1 IS TO FORMAT A DISK. ╘HIS PROCEDURE VARIES LITTLE DEPENDING ON YOUR DRIVE
CONFIGURATION. ╞IRST OPEN THE SYSTEM DISK TO ITS DESK TOP, THEN CLICK ON THE DISK MENU AND THEM SELECT THE FORMAT MENU ITEM. ╞ROM THIS POINT IT SHOULD BE A MATTER OF FOLLOWING THE SCREEN PROMPTS. ╧N A 3 1/2 INCH DISK OPEN THE SYSTEM DISK TO ITS DESK TOP, CLICK ON THE DISK DRIVES ICON . ┘OU SHOULD HAVE AN ERROR MESSAGE STATING THE DISK IS NOT FORMATTED. ├LICK "╧╦" AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS.
╙TEP 2: ═AKE THE ┬ACK-UP.
├OPY YOUR ╟┼╧╙ MASTER DISKS ONTO THE DISKS YOU FORMATTED. ┴S USUAL YOUR DISK DRIVE SET UP WILL DETERMINE THE METHOD OF COPYING. ┴ NOTATION IN THE MANUAL STATES THAT YOU CANNOT COPY THE ╙YSTEM OR ┬ACK-UP ╙YSTEM DISK. ╘HIS IS TRUE IN THE WORLD OF ╟┼╧╙ HOWEVER YOUR SYSTEM OR BACK-UP SYSTEM DISK CAN BE COPIED WITH ═AVERICK 5.0. ╟ET A COPY OF ═AVERICK 5.0 THAT INCLUDES THE PARAMETER DISKS OR SEE SOMEONE IN YOUR LOCAL USER GROUP IF YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH YOUR SYSTEM DISK OR THE INSTALLATION PROCESS. ╞ILES THAT CAN BE COPIED FROM YOUR SYSTEM INCLUDE: ─ESK ╘OP 2.0, ├ONFIGURE 2.0, ─ISK COPY, ╨AINT ─RIVERS ╤-┬OOT, THE DESK ACCESSORIES AND THE PRINTER DRIVERS.
─OUBLE CLICK ON THE ─ISK ├OPY PROGRAM FILE ICON AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED ON THE SCREEN. ┴ DOUBLE CLICK IS TWO STRIKES OF THE FIRE BUTTON IN RAPID SUCCESSION. ╘WO SLOW CLICKS ON AN ICON WILL GET YOU A "GHOST ICON" THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND THE DESK TOP SCREEN. ╧NE CLICK ON AN ICON WILL SELECT THAT FILE FOR VIEWING, COPYING, DELETING ETC. ╔F YOU YOU ARE USING MULTIPLE DRIVES THE "ALL PAGES" COMMAND FROM THE SELECT MENU IS USEFUL FOR TRANSFERRING MULTIPLE FILES. ╘HE "╥ESET" COMMAND FROM THE OPTIONS MENU WILL ENABLE ╟┼╧╙ TO RECOGNIZE THE DISK IN THE OTHER DRIVE.
╧NCE YOU HAVE MADE YOUR BACK-UPS , PLACE WRITE PROTECT TABS ON YOUR MASTERS AND STORE THEM IN A SAFE PLACE. ╦EEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE COVERING A LOT OF GROUND IN A LIMITED SPACE AND SOME OF THOSE ODD PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS THAT ARISE NEED PERSONAL RESPONSES. ╞EEL FREE TO CONTACT ONE OF THE CLUB MEMBERS AND ╔ FEEL THAT WE CAN TALK THE PROBLEM OUT.
╧N TO PRINTERS. ╔N 1988 WHEN MY ╟┼╧╙ 2.0 MANUAL WAS COPYRIGHTED OVER 70 PRINTERS WERE SUPPORTED. ┴ FEW MORE ARE PROBABLY SUPPORTED BY NOW. ╨ERSONALLY SPEAKING ╔ FEEL THAT YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT A PRINTER. ╞OR A PRINTER TO WORK IN ╟┼╧╙ THERE MUST BE A "PRINTER DRIVER" FILE ON YOUR ACTIVE DISK. "╨RINTER DRIVERS" ARE FOUND ON THE ╙YSTEM DISK. ╔N ORDER TO TRANSFER A PRINTER DRIVER TO YOUR WORK DISK YOU NEED TO DO A SLOW DOUBLE CLICK ON THE DRIVER OF YOUR CHOICE AND MOVE THE RESULTING PRINTER GHOST ICON TO THE SCREEN BOARDER OFF THE DESKTOP. ├LOSE THE SYSTEM DISK AND OPEN YOUR WORK DISK. ╘HE GHOST ICON FOR THE PRINTER SHOULD BE ON THE BOARDER OF YOUR SCREEN. ┴T THIS POINT TRANSFER THE DRIVER FILE BACK ONTO THE DESKTOP AND YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
╟┼╧╙ CAN BE A FUNNY ANIMAL. ╚AVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY A FILE ON THE DESKTOP CANNOT BE ACCESSED? ╟┼╧╙ ACCESSES THE FIRST SO MANY FILES ON THE DESKTOP AND THE FILES FURTHER BACK ON THE DESKTOP ARE LIKE EXCESS BAGGAGE. ╘HEY CAN BE USED BUT THEY MUST MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE DESKTOP TO BE USED. ╥EMEMBER TO KEEP THE FILES YOU ARE GOING TO USE THE MOST AT FRONT END OF THE DESKTOP.
