The Backup Process

After The Vault has a disk to write on, it does all the work. First, it plans which files to put on the disk and quickly creates headers on the disk for them. After all the headers are created, it copies the actual data for each of the files. A sophisticated special-purpose floppy disk cache is used to speed writing of the files. Remember to never take the disk out until The Vault asks you to insert a new disk or tells you that it is finished. At times, it may look like the floppy drive is not busy, but it really is.

After each disk is written, The Vault will ask you to insert another. This process will continue until The Vault has finished the backup, at which point control will return to The Vault's desktop.