Microsoft KB Archive/76996

= Creating Backup Disks of the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade =

Article ID: 76996

Article Last Modified on 11/26/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q76996



SUMMARY
This article outlines the steps for creating backup copies of the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade disks.

The upgrade disks are shipped in two formats:
 * Six 360K 5.25-inch disks
 * Three 720K 3.5-inch disks

Per the Microsoft Software Licensing Agreement, one copy of the MS-DOS 5 Upgrade is required for each computer on which it is installed.



To Back Up 5.25-inch Disks to 5.25-inch Disks
Six 5.25-inch blank disks (formatted or unformatted) are required for this procedure.  Boot the computer with the current version of DOS. Insert disk 1 in drive A. Insert blank disk in drive B (if two 5.25-inch floppy disk drives are available). Move to the C: drive root directory (C:\>), or to the directory on the hard drive containing the MS-DOS files. Use the DISKCOPY command to copy the contents of the disks, as follows:

diskcopy a: a: (for a single floppy drive)

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diskcopy a: b: (for two 5.25-inch 360K floppy drives)

 Repeat steps 3-6 for the six Upgrade disks.</ol>

The DISKCOPY command will copy the the volume label of the Upgrade disks in addition to the disk contents.

DISKCOPY requires that the source and destination disk have the same format.

The COPY and XCOPY commands can also be used to backup the disks. The volume label is not copied with these commands.

Note: The volume label from the Upgrade disk is required on the corresponding backup disks. There are two ways to create a volume label: <ul> When formatting a disk, you can enter the volume label.</li> If a disk is already formatted, you can use the LABEL command:

label [drive]:

(Where [drive] is the location of the disk to be labeled.)</li></ul>

The format for the volume label is DISK followed by six spaces, then the number of the disk. For example, the volume label for disk 1 is: <pre class="fixed_text">  Disk      1

To Back Up 3.5-inch Disks to 3.5-inch Disks
Three 3.5-inch blank disks are required.

To back up 3.5-inch disks, follow steps 1-6 above (the same procedure is used).

To Back Up 5.25-inch Disks to 3.5-inch Disks
These steps assume that drive A is 5.25-inch and drive B is 3.5-inch. Six 3.5-inch formatted blank disks are required. <ol> Boot your computer with the current version of DOS.</li> Insert disk 1 in drive A.</li> Insert a blank formatted disk in drive B.</li> Move to the drive C root directory (C:\>) or to the directory on the hard drive containing the MS-DOS files.</li> Enter the following at the command prompt:

copy a:*.* b:

(The XCOPY command may also be used.)</li> Repeat steps 2-5 for the remaining Upgrade disks.</li></ol>

Note: The volume label from the upgrade disk is required on the corresponding backup disk.

For additional information regarding the Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Upgrade License Agreement, please refer to the License card enclosed with the Upgrade package.

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