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Chapter 3.
Backing Up Your X-DOS Diskettes
Introduction
Since you now have a basic knowledge of the structure of the X-
DOS 5.0 disk operating system it is time to try using it. This
chapter will take you through the procedure of making a backup
copy of your original X-DOS diskette.
Booting your Computer with X-DOS
It is possible to run most of the X-DOS utilities with another
DOS installed, but this is not advisable. To obtain the most
reliable performance we strongly recommend that you only use the
X-DOS utilities after you have booted with X-DOS .
To do this you should take your original X-DOS diskette labelled
Disk 1 (Boot Disk) and insert it into your A: floppy drive.
Close the drive door and turn on, or reboot, your computer. Your
computer will go through its normal system initialization and
then begin loading X-DOS from the diskette. This is called
booting your computer.
The loading of X-DOS will take approximately 5 seconds, depending
on processor and diskette drive characteristics. When X-DOS is
finished loading, your should see the X-DOS copyright message as
well as the default prompt.
Making a Backup Diskette
You should now make a working backup copy of your original X-DOS
diskette(s) and use this backup for normal operation. This will
ensure that you can always make a new working copy if your backup
diskettes should become damaged or lost.
The DISKCOPY Command
To make a working backup copy of your X-DOS diskettes you should
use the X-DOS command DISKCOPY, which makes an image copy of your
original diskettes onto two backup diskettes if your X-DOS
diskettes are 5 1/4" 360K diskettes. If your version of X-DOS is
on 3 1/2" 720K media then you will only have one X-DOS diskette.
Please follow the instructions outlined below, depending on the
type of original X-DOS diskette you have.
Making Working Copies of 5 1/4" Diskettes
If your version of X-DOS is on two 5 1/4" diskettes, you will
need either a 5 1/4" 360K floppy drive or a 5 1/4" 1.2M floppy
drive.
This installation procedure assumes that you only have one 5 1/4"
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floppy drive and this floppy drive designates the drive letter
A:. If you have more than one 5 1/4" floppy drive, you can still
use this installation procedure.
1. Insert the original X-DOS diskette labeled Disk 1
(Boot Disk) in your floppy drive and boot your
computer.
2. When the X-DOS prompt A:\| appears, type:
DISKCOPY A: A:
3. DISKCOPY will prompt you to insert the target
diskette in the drive. Since Disk 1 (Boot Disk) is
already in the drive, press any key (except the <>
key) to begin the disk copying process.
4. When DISKCOPY has read all information from Disk 1
(Boot Disk) into memory, it prompts you to remove
the source diskette and insert the target diskette
into the same drive.
The target diskette can be any formatted or
unformatted 5 1/4" diskette capable of holding
360K of data. Please remove the original X-DOS
diskette from the floppy drive and insert the
target diskette, which should be a new, unused
diskette. When this is done press the [Enter] key
to continue the disk copying process.
5. DISKCOPY now copies the contents from the original
Disk 1 onto the target diskette. If the target
diskette is unformatted, DISKCOPY will first format
the diskette before writing the data onto it.
6. When DISKCOPY has finished writing the contents
from the original X-DOS Disk 1 (Boot Disk) diskette
onto the first working backup diskette, it will ask
you if you want to diskcopy another diskette.
Remove the first working backup diskette from the
floppy drive and press the 'Y' key on your keyboard
to confirm that you want to diskcopy one more
diskette. DISKCOPY will now prompt you to insert
the source diskette into drive A:.
Take the second original X-DOS diskette labeled
Disk 2 (Utilities), insert it into the floppy
drive, and press any key to begin the disk copying
process.
7. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to make a working backup
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diskette of the second X-DOS diskette. When
DISKCOPY has finished writing data to the target
diskette, it will prompt you if you want to
diskcopy another diskette. This time you should
press the 'N' key to exit the DISKCOPY command.
8. You now have two working backup diskettes of the
original X-DOS diskettes. Remember to label the
two working backup diskettes so you can tell them
apart. Take the original X-DOS diskettes and store
them in a safe place. You should never use the
original diskettes as working diskettes.
Making a Working Copy on a 3 1/2" Diskette
If your version of X-DOS is on one 3 1/2" diskette, you will need
either a 3 1/2" 720K floppy drive or a 3 1/2" 1.44M floppy drive.
This installation procedure assumes that you only have one 3 1/2"
floppy drive and this floppy drive is designated the drive letter
A:. If you have more than one 3 1/2" floppy drive, you can still
use this installation procedure.
1. Insert the original X-DOS diskette labeled X-DOS
5.0 in your floppy drive and boot your computer.
2. When the X-DOS prompt A:\| appears, type:
DISKCOPY A: A:
3. DISKCOPY will prompt you to insert the target
diskette in the drive. Since the original X-DOS
diskette is already in the drive, press any key
(except the [Esc] key) to begin the diskcopying
process.
4. When DISKCOPY has read as much information as will
reside in memory from the original diskette, it
prompts you to remove the source diskette and
insert the target diskette into the same drive. The
target diskette can be any formatted or unformatted
3 1/2" diskette capable of holding 720K of data.
Please remove the original X-DOS diskette from the
floppy drive and insert target diskette, which
should be a new, unused diskette. When this is done
press the [Enter] key to continuing the diskcopying
process.
5. DISKCOPY now copies the contents from the original
X-DOS diskette onto the target diskette. If the
target diskette is unformatted, DISKCOPY will first
format the diskette before writing the data to the
diskette.
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6. Depending on the memory configuration of your
computer, you may have to repeat step 3 and 4 a few
times for DISKCOPY to copy all the contents from
the original diskette onto the working backup copy.
When DISKCOPY has finished writing the contents
from the original X-DOS diskette onto the working
backup diskette, it will prompt you if you want to
diskcopy another diskette. Press the 'N' key on
your keyboard to exit the diskcopy command.
7. You now have a working backup diskette of the
original X-DOS diskette. Remember to label the
working backup diskette so you can always recognize
it. Now take the original X-DOS diskette and store
it in a safe place. You should never use the
original diskette as a working diskette.
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