Making a Copy of a Disk
This procedure is available on the Public Access computers in Reference and Readers Advisory (I haven't looked at the computers in the Circulation area)
Before you Begin
Make sure there is no program runing that has opened any file on the original disk. You cannot run the Disk Copy procedure if any file on the original or destination disks is in use by any program. For example, if you were editing a document in MS Word, saving to the disk in Drive A, and now want to copy it to another disk: FIRST quit the MS Word program, then execute the Disk Copy procedure.
Caveat Lector
This Disk Copy procedure will make an exact copy of the original disk on the copy disk. It will completely overwrite the copy disk, replacing anything on it with the contents of the original (source) disk. That means that if there are any files on the copy (destination) disk before you begin, those files will be destroyed. You might want to take a look at the destination disk before beginning to be sure there's nothing on it you want to save.
Copying a Disk
- Double-Click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop. The My
Computer window will open.
- In the My Computer Window, click once (not the usual double-click!) to
select the icon for 31/2 Floppy A:
- Click on the File menu and select Copy Disk. The Copy
Disk window will open onscreen.
- In the Copy Disk window you will see the option:
Copy from 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) to 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) Click on the Start button. - A new window will open prompting you to Insert the disk you want to
copy from (source disk). Insert the disk and then click on the
OK button. The program will begin "reading" the files from this
original (source) disk. You can watch the progress in the little
"progress bar" in the Copy Disk window.
- Once the original disk has been read into memory you'll be prompted to
Insert the disk you want to copy to (destination disk) Now remove the original (source) disk from the drive and insert the copy (destination) disk into the drive. The click the OK button. You can watch the progress as the computer "writes" to the copy (destination) disk in the Progress bar in the Copy Disk window. - When the copy is completed you'll see a new, small window popup that
will report:
The copy completed successfully Now remove that copy (destination) disk. You are finished!