yukit@silma.com (Chuck) (02/13/91)
If I want to duplicate a high density floppy disk in Windows 3.0,
(1.2 Meg 5.25" or 1.44 Meg 3.5"), the following happens:
- In standard mode, Win3 needs only 2 passes to duplicate a disk,
compared to 3 passed if I use DISKCOPY in DOS, Win3 will tell
me that the copying is 41% finished after the first pass;
- In 386 Enhanced mode, Win3 needs > 4 passes, I lost count because
I ran out of patience before Win3 finished copying.
Why does this happen? Is that any magic setting that I can use so
that I can duplicate diskettes in only 1 pass? I know Becker Tools
include an utlilty that allows high speed disk copying, but can
standard Win3 do it?
Interesting fact, the same phenomenon happens in Desqview 386, ie.,
if I DOS tools in Desqview to duplicate diskettes, it also requires
> 4 passes .... Why?
Chuck Lau (yukit@silma.com)
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Chuck Lau
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1601 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rdakm@cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) (02/13/91)
In article <1991Feb12.205011.9488@silma.com> yukit@silma.com writes: >Is that any magic setting that I can use so >that I can duplicate diskettes in only 1 pass? I know Becker Tools >include an utlilty that allows high speed disk copying, but can >standard Win3 do it? > There is a utility on cica called dc110.zip (I think), that will let you copy disks in a single pass. Its speed is not great, but that is something that I'm quite willing to forgo for the advantages of being able to use my computer while it's copying disks... kartik -- Anant Kartik Mithal akm@cs.uoregon.edu Research Assistant, (503)346-4408 (msgs) Department of Computer Science, (503)346-3989 (direct) University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1202
ahn@cbnewsh.att.com (john.k.ahn) (02/14/91)
In article <1991Feb12.234940.28366@cs.uoregon.edu> akm@cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) writes: >There is a utility on cica called dc110.zip (I think), that will let This utility does not work for me at all. It throws me out of Windows and I cannot even reboot using <ctrl><alt><del>. I must use the reset switch on the machine. My setup is: AT&T 6386/25 WGS with 8Mb of Memory AT&T VDC600 display controller 1.44Mb and 1.2Mb Floppy Disk 300Mb ESDI Disk AT&T StarLan card DOS 4.01 Windows 3.0 in Enhanced Mode FTP Software PC/TCP driver The problem happens with both 1.44Mb and 1.2Mb drives. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. J. Ahn AT&T Bell Laboratories <Standard Disclaimer>