IBM 5150 User Manual

Backing Up with One Drive
If you have only one diskette drive, you must remove
the original diskette and insert the back-up diskette.
You will have to make this switch ("swap") four or
more times. How many times you must exchange ,...-......
diskettes depends on whether you're using DISKCOPY
or COPY, on how large files being copied are, and
on
how much memory your computer has.
DOS will tell
you when you must exchange diskettes.
DISKCOP': will
give you these messages:
Insert source diskette in drive A
Insert target diskette in drive A
So you should:
Insert
When
Original diskette
"source" message is displayed
Back-up diskette
"target" message is displayed
1 Make sure DOS is ready and A> is displayed.
2 Insert the DOS Diskette into the drive, if it is not
already there.
3 Type this:
diskcopV
and press the Enter key.
DOS 3-60

IBM 5150 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	5150
Category	Desktop
Language	English