Question: Backing up Copy Protected Disks...

[Ron Geier <rgeier@nwrain.com>]

Sorry if this has been covered here before, I've been lurking for a
month or so and I have searched the FAQ's and not found the answer to
this question:

Is there a way to make a copy of "copy protected" floppy disks? I have
an original copy of "Apple Stellar Invaders", and when I try to use DOS
copy (COPY and COPYA) , I am told that the disk isn't a DOS disk. I've
tried using COPYIIPLUS also (version 7.2 and 8.1), but the bit copy
doesn't seem to make a working backup (the computer hangs with a solid
cursor in the upper left hand corner of the screen when I try to run the
program or boot from the copy). I don't have instructions for
COPYIIPLUS, so I might be doing something wrong, but I've tried every
bit copy combination available and none have worked.

Several of my old Sierra games have developed bad media, making them
useless, and trying to launch from any backups seems to make both my IIc
and my IIe hang.

I'd like to make copies of my remaining disks before I loose my entire
Apple II software library to old defective disks...

Ron
rgeier@nwrain.net