╘HE OBJECTIVE OF THE DISK COPIER IS TO MAKE AN EXACT DUPLICATE OF A DISK. ╘HIS IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL IF THE ORIGINAL DISK CONTAIN NONSTANDARD FILES OR DATA WHICH IS NOT PART OF FILES.
╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘ ╬╧╘┼: ┴LL OR PART OF WHAT MIGHT BE CONTAINED ON THE TARGET DISK WILL BE DESTROYED. ╔F A SINGLE SIDE COPY IS PERFORMED, ONLY THE FRONT SIDE OF THE COPY DISK WILL BE OVERWRITTEN. ╘HE DISK COPIER IS DEPENDENT OF THE DISK LAYOUT. ╔T CANNOT USE A 1581 IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER DRIVE TYPE. ┴LSO, IT WON'T WORK WITH ╥┴═─╧╙.
╙╨┼├╔┴╠ ╬╧╘┼ TO 1581 USERS: ╘HE DISK COPIER COPIES THE ╫╚╧╠┼ DISK, NOT ONLY THE CURRENTLY SELECTED PARTITION. ╘HE DISK COPIER DOES AUTOMATICALLY SELECT THE ROOT DIRECTORY ON THE 1581S INVOLVED.
╘HE DISK COPIER AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS IF YOUR COMPUTER IS EQUIPPED WITH 64╦ ╓─├ (80 COLUMN) ╥┴═, AND UTILIZES IT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PASSES. ╔T CAN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A ╥AM ┼XPANSION ╒NIT OF ANY SIZE IF ╥AM ┼XPANSION IS ENABLED AT THE ─ISK ╘OOLS MENU.
┘OU ARE ASKED IF YOU WANT A ┬┴═ CONTROLLED COPY. ╘HE DISK CONTAINS A MAP, CALLED ┬┴═ (┬LOCK ┴LLOCATION ═AP), WHICH KEEPS TRACK OF WHERE ON THE DISK FILES ARE STORED. ┴ ┬┴═ CONTROLLED COPY WILL COPY ONLY THOSE TRACKS WHICH ARE USED ACCORDING TO THE ┬┴═. ╒NLESS THE DISK IS FAIRLY FULL, THIS WILL REDUCE THE TIME AND NUMBER OF PASSES NEEDED TO COPY THE DISK. ┴ NON-┬┴═ CONTROLLED COPY WILL COPY THE ENTIRE DISK NO MATTER WHAT. ╒SE THIS OPTION IF YOU SUSPECT THAT THE DISK MAY HOLD IMPORTANT DATA NOT CONTAINED IN FILES OR OTHERWISE NOT MARKED IN THE ┬┴═ AS USED.
┘OU WILL BE PROMPTED TO INSERT THE SOURCE DISK (OR BOTH DISKS IF YOU'RE USING A DUAL DRIVE COPY) AND THE COPYING PROCESS WILL START. ╒NLESS YOU ARE PERFORMING A COPY USING 1571 DRIVE(S), THE COPIER WILL ANALYZE THE DISK AND REPORT IF IT'S SINGLE OR DOUBLE SIDED. ╘HE COPIER CAN'T COPE WITH AN ERROR IN THE ┬┴═, AND WILL REPORT THE ERROR AND ABORT IF SUCH ERROR OCCURS.
┘OU MAY SEE THE MESSAGE "(─OUBLE SIDED SOURCE DISK)". ╘HIS MOST OFTEN MEANS THAT THE SOURCE DISK IS IDENTIFIED AS DOUBLE SIDED, BUT YOUR HARDWARE IS UNABLE TO COPE WITH DOUBLE SIDED DISKS. ─ATA CONTAINED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DISK WON'T BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TARGET DISK. ╔F YOU ARE USING 1571 DRIVES ONLY, CHECK THE ─ISK ╘OOLS MENU TO SEE IF YOUR DRIVE(S) ARE REALLY SET TO DOUBLE SIDED MODE (IDENTIFIED AS 1571) AND NOT SINGLE SIDED MODE (IDENTIFIED AS 1571 SIDE 0 OR 1571 SIDE 1).
╘HE "─OUBLE SIDED SOURCE DISK" MESSAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR WHEN THE DISK IS A "FAKE" DOUBLE SIDED DISK. ╔N THE ┬┴═ THERE'S A FLAG THAT IDENTIFIES IF THE DISK IS DOUBLE SIDED. ╔F THIS FLAG IS SET, INDICATING A DOUBLE SIDED DISK, WHILE THE DISK FOR SOME REASON IS FORMATTED ON THE FRONT SIDE ONLY, THE DISK IS A "FAKE" DOUBLE SIDED DISK. ╘HIS IS THE CASE WITH SOME COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE. ┬EFORE THE 1571 WAS INTRODUCED SOME SOFTWARE USED THE ┬┴═ LOCATION, NOW USED FOR A DUAL SIDED FLAG, FOR ITS OWN PURPOSE. ┼ARLY ╟┼╧╙ DISKS FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. ╘HIS CONDITION WILL NOT AFFECT THE COPYING (EXCEPT THAT ONLY ONLY ONE SIDE IS COPIED) OR THE USE OF THE COPY DISK. ╚OWEVER, YOU MAY WANT TO CONVERT THE COPY DISK TO DUAL SIDED USING THE ╚EADER/FORMAT UTILITY.
╘HE DISK COPIER WILL READ AS MUCH DATA AS POSSIBLE INTO THE COMPUTER'S MEMORY. ╔F THE COPIER CAN'T READ A SECTOR DUE TO AN ERROR ON THE DISK, IT WILL RETRY USING SLOW MODE (IF YOUR DRIVE IS USING BURST MODE). ╘HE SLOW MODE IS SLIGHTLY BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO READING WEAK SECTORS. ╔F THAT WON'T DO THE TRICK, THE COPIER WILL REPORT THE ERROR, AND THEN CONTINUE. ╘HE BAD SECTOR WON'T BE TRANSFERRED CORRECTLY. ┴ BAD SECTOR MAY INDICATE THREE THINGS:
1) ╔MPORTANT DATA MAY NOT BE STORED IN THE DAMAGED SECTOR. ╘HE COPY DISK WILL WORK ╧.╦.
2) ╘HE DAMAGED SECTOR HOLDS IMPORTANT DATA. ┘OU MAY WANT TO USE THE COPY FOR A REPAIR ATTEMPT USING A SECTOR EDITOR IF YOU'RE CONFIDENT WITH THE USE OF SUCH A PROGRAM.
3) ╘HE BAD SECTOR SERVE AS COPY PROTECTION. ╘HE COPY DISK WON'T WORK. ┴ LOT OF COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE HAS SOME SORT OF PROTECTION AGAINST ILLEGAL COPYING (AND LEGAL BACKUP COPYING FOR THAT MATTER) UTILIZING BAD DISK SECTORS. ╔N THIS PARTICULAR CASE YOU MAY (┴, USE A SO-CALLED "PARAMETER" ON THE COPY DISK TO MAKE IT WORK, (┬, TRY USING A "NIBBLER" DUPLICATING THE ERRORS AS WELL AS THE DATA, OR (├, GIVE UP. ┘OU MAY CONSIDER PURCHASING A UTILITY CALLED "╘HE ═AVERICK" (SEE ┴PPENDIX ╞) WHICH INCLUDES BOTH NIBBLERS AND PARAMETERS. ╬O 64 OR 128 USER SHOULD BE WITHOUT THAT PACKAGE IN ANY CASE.
┘OU MAY TRY TO REMOVING AND THEN RE-INSERTING THE SOURCE DISK AND ATTEMPT TO COPY THE DISK AGAIN. ╧R YOU MAY TRY TO USE ANOTHER DISK DRIVE. ╘HIS WILL SOMETIMES FIX THE PROBLEM.
╫HEN THE COMPUTER MEMORY IS FILLED UP (OR THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO READ) THE COMPUTER WILL PROMPT YOU FOR THE TARGET DISK. ╔F YOU'RE USING TWO DRIVES HOWEVER, THE COPY PROCESS WILL CONTINUE WITHOUT DELAY.
╘HE TARGET DISK IS FIRST FORMATTED, AND THE DATA IS THEN WRITTEN. ╔F AN ERROR OCCURS DURING FORMATTING OR WRITING TO DISK, THE ERROR IS REPORTED, AND THE COPY IS ABORTED. ╔ CAN SEE NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD WANT TO USE A BAD DISK. ─ISCARD THE DISK AND TRY ANOTHER ONE.
┘OU MAY SNEER UPON THE FACT THAT THE COPY DISK IS FORMATTED EVERY TIME A DISK IS COPIED, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ALREADY FORMATTED. ╚OWEVER, IT IS MY EXPERIENCE THAT FORMATTING THE TARGET DISK WILL SOMETIMES PRODUCE A MORE RELIABLE COPY. ╔ PREFER RELIABILITY OVER SPEED, BUT IF YOU'RE OF THE IMPATIENT TYPE, TRY ═AVERICK OR ╞AS╘RAC (SEE APPENDIX ╞), OR SOME OTHER DISK DUPLICATING PROGRAM.
╔F THERE IS MORE TO BE COPIED, YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR THE SOURCE DISK (UNLESS YOU'RE USING TWO DRIVES) AND ANOTHER PASS WILL BE PERFORMED FOR AS MANY TIMES OVER AS NECESSARY TO COPY THE DISK.
