Article: Q37642
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.3, 3.3a, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22
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SUMMARY
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If you have two different, and possibly incompatible, floppy disk drive types,
you can use one floppy disk drive to copy a file between two floppy disks if you
install DRIVER.SYS with the appropriate switches in your CONFIG.SYS file.
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For example, if the line
DEVICE=DRIVER.SYS /D:0 /F:1
is present in the CONFIG.SYS file, the following message is issued when the
driver is installed
Loaded external disk driver for drive <x>
where <x> is the new logical drive letter associated with drive A. You can
then use the single floppy disk drive and the MS-DOS COPY command to copy files
between disks (swapping disks when prompted), as in the following example:
copy a:one.txt x:
DRIVER.SYS is only needed if you have two different, and possibly incompatible,
floppy disk drive types; however, you still need to use two floppies of the same
media type (for example, 360K to 360K).
NOTE: If your PC machine has only one floppy drive, MS-DOS uses a similar method
and the B drive letter to allow you to copy files from floppy disk to floppy
disk. For example, the following COPY example accomplishes the same results:
copy a:one.txt b:
Additional query words: 6.22 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30a 4.00 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20
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Technology : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS330a kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS500a
Version : MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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