curci@ds1.scri.fsu.edu (Raymond Curci) (12/10/90)
In article <6152@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes: > >I was wondering if anyone knows of a (preferably PD) utility which will >copy a high density disk without having to swap the source and target >floppies in and out. I don't care whether it uses XMS or EMS. Any >pointers would be appreciated! There is a program called TCOPY that will do the trick. It can use either your hard disk or extended memory as the buffer. You can fetch it using anonymous/ftp from either of the following locations: wsmr-simtel20.army.mil pd1:<msdos.dskutl>tcopy.arc wuarchive.wustl.edu mirrors/msdos/dskutl/tcopy.arc Good Luck! -- Raymond Curci INTERNET: curci@mailer.scri.fsu.edu Systems Engineer UUCP: ...!uunet!mailer.scri.fsu.edu!curci Institute of Molecular Biophysics SPAN: 46453::curci -or- SCRI1::curci Florida State University BITNET: curci@fsu.bitnet
kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams) (12/13/90)
In article <6152@hsv3.UUCP> jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes: > >I was wondering if anyone knows of a (preferably PD) utility which will >copy a high density disk without having to swap the source and target >floppies in and out. I don't care whether it uses XMS or EMS. Any >pointers would be appreciated! > Two quick and dirty methods come to mind (both free): BATCH FILE make a new directory (this ensures that it is empty) copy A:*.* to new directory pause (to change disks) copy new dir:*.* to A: del new dir *.* rmdir If you have enough memory to make a 1.5M ram disk, the above process will be a lot faster if you use it instead of creating a new directory on the hard disk. -- ======================================================== Ken Abrams uunet!pallas!kabra437 Illinois Bell kabra437@athenanet.com Springfield (voice) 217-753-7965