On 2013-11-08 18:31 (GMT-0500) Karen Lewellen composed: > I have aquired and set up two removable drives with which I intend backing > up the two hard drives in my pure dos machine. > I was planning to use xcopy for this, but before I start am wondering if > there is anything else? > Again although I am not using freedos, my computer only has dos, so any > idea should strictly run in this.
One option is creating partition images, which wouldn't necessarily require running DOS to do. Generally it is best not to make images from partitions with files open, but that's often easily avoided by booting USB or OM, such as the systemrescue CD or a live Linux distro, to run an imaging program. The partitioner I use isn't free[1], but does have binaries for DOS in addition to Windows, Mac, Linux and OS/2, creating tables that every PC OS can be happy to use. It also does duty, among other things, as an imaging utility, and because of the logs it makes when used, makes partition cataloging and management much easier for users with a lot of media than other methods I've ever encountered. [1] http://www.dfsee.com/ (The DFSee CD boots FreeDOS.) -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
