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In computing, diskcopy is a command used on a number of operating systems for copying the complete contents of a diskette to another diskette.[1][2]

Implementations

DISKCOPY.COM (among other commands) in IBM PC DOS 1.0.

The command is available in

PC-MOS,[7] PTS-DOS,[8] SISNE plus,[9] FreeDOS,[10] IBM OS/2,[11] and Microsoft Windows.[12]

The MS-DOS version was originally written in August 1982.[13][14] It is available in MS-DOS versions 2 and later.

GNU GPL 2.[18]

The command is not included in Windows 10.[19][failed verification]

The command is not included in Windows 11. xcopy is a like command

Example

  • Copy the complete contents of the diskette in Drive A drive to the diskette in B drive.
>diskcopy a: b:
  • If there is only have one diskette drive, diskcopy can be done by typing the source drive only. The disk copy program will prompt to insert the second (target) diskette once it finishes reading the complete contents of the first (source) diskette track by track into memory.
>diskcopy a:
  • If only the first side of the diskette needs to be copied, even if the target diskette is double sided, the /1 switch can be used.
>diskcopy a: /1
  • To make sure the contents are written reliably, the /V switch can be used, but it will cost more time to copy.
>diskcopy a: /V
  • Force diskcopy to use only the conventional memory for temporary storage:
>diskcopy a: /M

Limitation

Diskcopy does not work with hard disk drives, CDs, network drives, Zip drives, or USB drives, etc. It also does not allow diskcopy from 3.5 inch drive to 5.25 inch drives, and vice versa. The source and target drive must be the same size.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Microsoft Windows XP - Diskcopy". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  2. ISBN 9781557550491
    – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "FlexOS User's Guide" (PDF). www.bitsavers.org. 1986. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ "Manual" (PDF). www.pagetable.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  6. ^ Leaflet for the Helios II system and PTDOS
  7. ^ "roelandjansen/pcmos386v501". GitHub. 10 October 2022.
  8. ^ "PTS-DOS 2000 Pro User Manual" (PDF). Buggingen, Germany:
    Paragon Technology GmbH. 1999. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  9. ^ "SISNE plus - Referência Sumária". Datassette. May 14, 2015.
  10. ^ "ibiblio.org FreeDOS Group -- FreeDOS Base". www.ibiblio.org.
  11. ^ "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  12. ^ "Diskcopy". docs.microsoft.com. 11 September 2009.
  13. ^ Paterson, Tim (2013-12-19) [1983]. "Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0: /msdos/v20source/DISKCOPY.ASM". Computer History Museum, Microsoft. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  14. ^ Shustek, Len (2014-03-24). "Microsoft MS-DOS early source code". Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  15. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7
    .
  16. ^ DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips
  17. ^ "Datalight ROM-DOS User's Guide" (PDF). www.datalight.com.
  18. ^ "ibiblio.org FreeDOS Package -- DiskCopy (FreeDOS Base)". www.ibiblio.org.
  19. ^ "diskcopy". docs.microsoft.com. 3 February 2023.
  20. ^ "ActiveWindows -- DOS Diskcopy Command". www.activewin.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011.

Further reading

External links

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Guide to Windows Commands
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