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From: rcw@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Robert White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Copy 4 Meg file to 1.2 Meg floppies?
Message-ID: <11213@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Date: 19 Mar 91 05:57:32 GMT
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In article <22084.27db83bc@cluster@ukc.ac.uk> cur022%cluster@ukc.ac.uk (Bob Eager) writes:
>One way is to use the DOS BACKUP command. I wouldn't normally recommend
>this horrible program, but it'll do the job here. However, to be sure of
>success you must be running the same version of DOS both ends...

You are right.  I consider backup/restore almost evil.  Does anyone
know who the individuals are who wrote these abominations?  They deserve
a rubber chicken award (Tm).

A point worth
noting, however, is that DOS 3.3 can restore backups made with 3.2, but
not vice versa.  Hopefully, Dos versions > 3.3 are also backward compatible
in terms of the backup/restore kluge commands, but I haven't verified this.

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