When copying a entire directory to floopy from DOS Does anyone know how to get DOS to prombt you to insert another disk in floopy when floopy runs out of space?

if you have PKzip/PKunzip you can make a multi-disk archive of the directory. It will properly divide the group of files to fit on floppy disk, and prompt you to insert more disks as needed. Search google for "PK250DOS.exe"

PKZip can be found at www.pkware.com

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However to copy a directory of a size larger than your floppy disk use XCOPY not Copy.

I think the syntax is:

XCOPY C:\dirname\*.* A:\ /W

You can also use /S to copy files in any Sub-directories as well

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use xcopy with the above and the /m option.. this makes the files as archived and keeps them from being copied again with a new disk

The /M Switch does indeed set the arcive flag. But not to stop the file being copied onto the next disk, But to show the file as modified the next time you want copy that directory. It is OK to use both /M/W

If you have say 55 files that copy onto 2 Floppy Disks, and 2 weeks later you have 60 files which are 5 new ones, plus 5 of the old ones that have been edited. It will copy those 10 files onto a single new disk.

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