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From: kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Program to copy a disk in one fell swoop
Message-ID: <463@pallas.athenanet.com>
Date: 12 Dec 90 23:10:24 GMT
References: <6152@hsv3.UUCP>
Reply-To: kabra437@pallas.UUCP (Ken Abrams)
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In article <6152@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes:
>
>I was wondering if anyone knows of a (preferably PD) utility which will
>copy a high density disk without having to swap the source and target
>floppies in and out.  I don't care whether it uses XMS or EMS.  Any
>pointers would be appreciated!
>
Two quick and dirty methods come to mind (both free):
BATCH FILE
make a new directory (this ensures that it is empty)
copy A:*.* to new directory
pause (to change disks)
copy new dir:*.* to A:
del new dir *.*
rmdir

If you have enough memory to make a 1.5M ram disk, the above process
will be a lot faster if you use it instead of creating a new directory
on the hard disk.


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