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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!unixhub!slacvm!harvey
  2. Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
  3. Date: Tuesday, 5 Jan 1993 13:51:38 PST
  4. From: <HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
  5. Message-ID: <93005.135138HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
  6. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
  7. Subject: Re: Prob. copying 5.0 5.25" setup to 3.5"
  8. References:  <1993Jan5.154638.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>
  9. Lines: 20
  10.  
  11. In article <1993Jan5.154638.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>,
  12. 11srust@gallua.gallaudet.edu (Scott A. Rust) says:
  13. >
  14. >        I'm having a problem copying DOS 5.0 setup disks from their original
  15. >5.25" HD disks to 3.5" HD disks. The computer I'm installing the program into
  16. >only handles 3.5. Using diskcopy doesn't work as the computer says the dirves
  17. >or formats are incompatible. Using copy *.* doesn't work because it doesn't
  18. >copy the entire disk. Suggestions on what I can use here?
  19. >
  20. >                Thanks.
  21. >
  22. >                        Scott Rust
  23. >
  24. There is a shareware program called copyqm that will allow you
  25. to copy between formats. I think it is called copyq302 and is
  26. located in pub/msdos/drvutil(?). Works real well. If you
  27. can't find it I will dig out the location for you.
  28.  
  29. Harold
  30. harvey@slacvm.slac.stanford.edu
  31.