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Help/Backup
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00_backup.ADF |
| Filename: | Help/Backup |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 04E1 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | FFFFFFFF |
Duplicates
There are 5 duplicate copies of this file in the archive:
- AEW website » acornsoft » acornsoft_3_5_discs_Electron_Welcome_Disc_HA-WELC.adf » Help/Backup
- AEW website » acp_pres » acp_pres_3_5_discs_Electron-Adfs-E00_A-E00.adf » Help/Backup
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00.ADF » Help/Backup
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Electron » PRES_E00_backup.ADF » Help/Backup
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » adfs_E00.adf » Help/Backup
- Personal collection » Acorn ADFS disks » Greaseweazled » dfs_box04_disk01b_adfs_welcome_disk_interleaved.adf » Help/Backup
File contents
** BACKUP ** BACKUP will copy all the information which is on one disc onto another disc. It is recommended that you backup discs frequently, either using BACKUP, or DIRCOPY. It is very easy to delete a file by mistake, and this could mean several hours, days or even weeks of wasted work if you do not have a backup copy available. The DIRCOPY utility may be used to copy whole directories from one disc to another; this may be quicker than backing up the whole disc. To use BACKUP, type *BACKUP a b a is the source drive ( which contains the original disc ), b the destination drive ( containing the disc which is to be copied to). Either b, or a & b may be omitted, in which case the pro- gram will ask you to supply the missing information. a & b may be (must be, if you only have one drive) the same drive. In this case, the program will ask you to swap the source and destination discs from time to time. Obviously, this is slower than copying from one drive to another. MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE CORRECT DISC(S) IN THE DRIVE(S). If you put a source disc in when BACKUP is about to write to the drive, you may find that all your valuable information is lost forever.
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2a 2a 20 42 | ** B| 00000010 41 43 4b 55 50 20 2a 2a 0d 0d 20 20 42 41 43 4b |ACKUP **.. BACK| 00000020 55 50 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f 70 79 20 20 61 6c |UP will copy al| 00000030 6c 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f |l the informatio| 00000040 6e 0d 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 20 6f 6e |n.which is on on| 00000050 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 61 6e 6f 74 |e disc onto anot| 00000060 68 65 72 20 64 69 73 63 2e 0d 49 74 20 69 73 20 |her disc..It is | 00000070 72 65 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 64 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 |recommended that| 00000080 20 79 6f 75 20 62 61 63 6b 75 70 20 64 69 73 63 | you backup disc| 00000090 73 0d 66 72 65 71 75 65 6e 74 6c 79 2c 20 20 65 |s.frequently, e| 000000a0 69 74 68 65 72 20 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 20 42 41 |ither using BA| 000000b0 43 4b 55 50 2c 20 20 6f 72 0d 44 49 52 43 4f 50 |CKUP, or.DIRCOP| 000000c0 59 2e 20 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 20 |Y. It is very | 000000d0 65 61 73 79 20 74 6f 20 20 64 65 6c 65 74 65 20 |easy to delete | 000000e0 61 0d 66 69 6c 65 20 62 79 20 20 6d 69 73 74 61 |a.file by mista| 000000f0 6b 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 20 74 68 69 73 20 20 63 |ke, and this c| 00000100 6f 75 6c 64 20 6d 65 61 6e 0d 73 65 76 65 72 61 |ould mean.severa| 00000110 6c 20 20 68 6f 75 72 73 2c 20 64 61 79 73 20 20 |l hours, days | 00000120 6f 72 20 65 76 65 6e 20 20 77 65 65 6b 73 20 6f |or even weeks o| 00000130 66 0d 77 61 73 74 65 64 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 69 66 |f.wasted work if| 00000140 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 68 61 76 65 | you do not have| 00000150 20 61 20 62 61 63 6b 75 70 0d 63 6f 70 79 20 61 | a backup.copy a| 00000160 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 2e 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 |vailable. The | 00000170 20 44 49 52 43 4f 50 59 20 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 | DIRCOPY utilit| 00000180 79 0d 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f |y.may be used to| 00000190 20 63 6f 70 79 20 20 77 68 6f 6c 65 20 20 64 69 | copy whole di| 000001a0 72 65 63 74 6f 72 69 65 73 0d 66 72 6f 6d 20 6f |rectories.from o| 000001b0 6e 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 |ne disc to anoth| 000001c0 65 72 3b 20 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 61 79 20 20 62 |er; this may b| 000001d0 65 0d 71 75 69 63 6b 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 62 |e.quicker than b| 000001e0 61 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 77 68 |acking up the wh| 000001f0 6f 6c 65 20 64 69 73 63 2e 0d 0d 20 20 54 6f 20 |ole disc... To | 00000200 75 73 65 20 42 41 43 4b 55 50 2c 20 74 79 70 65 |use BACKUP, type| 00000210 0d 0d 20 20 2a 42 41 43 4b 55 50 20 61 20 62 0d |.. *BACKUP a b.| 00000220 0d 61 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 20 73 6f 75 72 63 |.a is the sourc| 00000230 65 20 64 72 69 76 65 20 28 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |e drive ( which | 00000240 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 0d 74 68 65 20 6f 72 69 |contains.the ori| 00000250 67 69 6e 61 6c 20 20 64 69 73 63 20 29 2c 20 62 |ginal disc ), b| 00000260 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 74 69 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e | the destination| 00000270 0d 64 72 69 76 65 20 20 28 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 |.drive ( contai| 00000280 6e 69 6e 67 20 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 20 |ning the disc | 00000290 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 0d 74 6f 20 62 65 20 20 |which is.to be | 000002a0 63 6f 70 69 65 64 20 20 74 6f 29 2e 20 20 45 69 |copied to). Ei| 000002b0 74 68 65 72 20 62 2c 20 6f 72 20 61 20 26 20 62 |ther b, or a & b| 000002c0 0d 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 20 6f 6d 69 74 74 65 64 |.may be omitted| 000002d0 2c 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 61 73 65 20 |, in which case | 000002e0 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 2d 0d 67 72 61 6d 20 77 69 |the pro-.gram wi| 000002f0 6c 6c 20 61 73 6b 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 73 75 |ll ask you to su| 00000300 70 70 6c 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6e 67 |pply the missing| 00000310 0d 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0d 0d 20 |.information... | 00000320 20 61 20 26 20 62 20 20 6d 61 79 20 20 62 65 20 | a & b may be | 00000330 28 6d 75 73 74 20 62 65 2c 20 69 66 20 20 79 6f |(must be, if yo| 00000340 75 20 6f 6e 6c 79 0d 68 61 76 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 |u only.have one | 00000350 64 72 69 76 65 29 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 |drive) the same | 00000360 64 72 69 76 65 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 68 69 73 0d 63 |drive. In this.c| 00000370 61 73 65 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |ase, the program| 00000380 20 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 73 6b 20 79 6f 75 20 74 | will ask you t| 00000390 6f 20 73 77 61 70 0d 74 68 65 20 20 73 6f 75 72 |o swap.the sour| 000003a0 63 65 20 61 6e 64 20 20 64 65 73 74 69 6e 61 74 |ce and destinat| 000003b0 69 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 63 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 0d 74 |ion discs from.t| 000003c0 69 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 4f 62 76 |ime to time. Obv| 000003d0 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 |iously, this is | 000003e0 73 6c 6f 77 65 72 0d 74 68 61 6e 20 63 6f 70 79 |slower.than copy| 000003f0 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6f 6e 65 20 64 72 69 |ing from one dri| 00000400 76 65 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 2e 0d 0d |ve to another...| 00000410 20 20 4d 41 4b 45 20 53 55 52 45 20 59 4f 55 20 | MAKE SURE YOU | 00000420 41 4c 57 41 59 53 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 48 45 20 |ALWAYS HAVE THE | 00000430 43 4f 52 52 45 43 54 0d 44 49 53 43 28 53 29 20 |CORRECT.DISC(S) | 00000440 49 4e 20 54 48 45 20 44 52 49 56 45 28 53 29 2e |IN THE DRIVE(S).| 00000450 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 20 70 75 74 20 61 0d | If you put a.| 00000460 73 6f 75 72 63 65 20 64 69 73 63 20 69 6e 20 20 |source disc in | 00000470 77 68 65 6e 20 42 41 43 4b 55 50 20 69 73 20 61 |when BACKUP is a| 00000480 62 6f 75 74 20 74 6f 0d 77 72 69 74 65 20 74 6f |bout to.write to| 00000490 20 20 74 68 65 20 64 72 69 76 65 2c 20 79 6f 75 | the drive, you| 000004a0 20 6d 61 79 20 20 66 69 6e 64 20 74 68 61 74 0d | may find that.| 000004b0 61 6c 6c 20 20 79 6f 75 72 20 76 61 6c 75 61 62 |all your valuab| 000004c0 6c 65 20 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |le information | 000004d0 69 73 20 6c 6f 73 74 0d 66 6f 72 65 76 65 72 2e |is lost.forever.| 000004e0 0d |.| 000004e1
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