Re: copying disks on an Apple//e

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Andre C." <andre123@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> I've had an apple//e for at least 20 years which I haven't used for at
> least 15 years.
> Now I've forgotten some of the commands and can't find the reference
> manual. I put a disk in and it booted up the machine. Now I want to make
> a copy of the disk but I forgot how.  I remember something like "copy A
> to B" ( I have 2 drives) but can't remember the punctuation. Is it COPY
> A: B: ? or something else. The disk is not copy protected. Can I put in
> any blank 5-1/4 inch disk in drive B or do I have to intialize it first?
> Also how do I do that if needed? What comes to mind is INIT. Is that
> correct? Any help on these questions will be appreciated.
>

You should probably take a look at the faq:

http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html

Being lazy, I use Shrinkit to do standard file and disk operations.
-Paul