Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!cam-eng!kap From: kap@eng.cam.ac.uk (Kevin A. Price) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Duplicating an immovable file. Message-ID: <1991May30.133450.11371@eng.cam.ac.uk> Date: 30 May 91 13:34:50 GMT Sender: @eng.cam.ac.uk Organization: cam.eng Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: tw300.eng.cam.ac.uk Is it possible to copy an immovable file onto floppy, de-install the immovable file and then re-copy the file into the same place from the floppy? The problem is that we have a 286-AT with some PCB Design software installed. The machine is quite old and every so often it comes up with a disk failure error. The software is protected on hard disk by storing the physical location of a certain file actually in the file itself. This ensures that the file cannot be easily copied. We would like to back-up this piece of software in some way. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance Kev kap@eng.cam.ac.uk