jw2b@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Sara J. Wagner) (02/01/91)
I just got a 386 machine (which solves some of the memory problems I've posted about in the past). The A: drive is a 5.25" high density (1.2 meg) floppy, and the B: drive is a 3.25" high density (1.44 meg) floppy. For various reasons, I'd like to make the 3.25" drive my A: drive. This is principally because my backup software will recognize a 3.25" drive as A:, but not as B:, and I'd like to run my backups to the better-protected (hard case) floppies. Questions: Is there a way in DOS to switch the drives? I can't find anything in the manual. Are there dangers in doing this/reasons to not do this? Whether or not I switch the drives, I need to be able to back up floppies from one drive to the other. On my 286 (with the same types of drives), I did this with diskcopy. However, that doesn't work between different kinds of drives. Is there any way to make this work (quickly)? I have tried xcopy and also just plain copy *.* -- both are very slow, and both do not make a mirror image. If there was a file on the backup floppy that was not on the working disk (i.e., it had been deleted), it would remain on the backup. Any suggestions? Thanks. Please e-mail; I'll post if there is interest. Jane Wagner, Information Specialist BITNET: jw2b@virginia.bitnet The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library INTERNET: jw2b@virginia.edu Box 234, UVA Health Sciences Center PHONE: 804-924-0188 Charlottesville, VA 22908 Opinions expressed are my own