To use Windows for file copying:
First open one of the files on A: that you want to copy. Then press alt+f
and then a for "Save As." Next in front of the displayed filename, type
the path to somewhere on your hard drive c:\... where you can temporarily
store it and press <enter>.
Then you can switch floppies and perform the same operation, but specifying
the path this time as a:\ in front of the filename. Press enter and the
file will be copied onto the second floppy.
If you want to do this wholesale, go to the DOS prompt by choosing Rum
from the Start menu and giving it the command cmd
Then at the COS prompt type
copy a:\*.* c:\tempstorageFoldername
<enter> and change floppies in a:.
Then at the DOS prompt type
copy *.* a:
Press <enter> and all the files in tempstorageFoldername will be copied onto
the second floppy.
You may then want to delete *.*
in the tempstorageFolder <enter> and then type
exit
to close the DOS prompte.
--Nelson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Stone" <[log in to unmask]>
To:First open one of the files on the floppy and then press alt+f and aSent:
Friday, December 08, 2006 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] cannot copy files from one floppy to another, why?
> The problem here is that the files are not copied from the original disk
> when you ask to copy them to the clipboard, but when you try and paste
> them.
> What I would do would be to copy the files from the source floppy to
> somewhere on your hard drive, and then copy them to the new floppy. In
> dos,
> as I recall, you used to be able to do this as you would be prompted to
> insert the destination floppy, but I don't know how to do it in windows.
> Cheers.
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: 07 December 2006 21:34
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VICUG-L] cannot copy files from one floppy to another, why?
>
>
> Hi all,
> Well, I got another problem for all the experts out there.
> I'm using a Dell 8100 laptop, running jfw 7.10, and a 1.6 meg processor,
> running 512 meg of ram.
> Here's the problem.
> I open the first floppy and select all the files on it with ctrl+a, then I
> copy them to the clipboard, then I get out of that and go back to the
> desktop.
> Then, I put in the new floppy I want to copy the files to, then go to my
> computer, then I open the a drive, then the floppy is reado for me to copy
> the files on, so, I press ctrl+v paste command and every time I try to do
> it, I get this error message.
> "cannot copy file: cannot read from the source file or disk. ok button"
> Will someone tell me what the heck is going on here?
> Did I do something wrong or what?
> Harry
>
>
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