re how to the disks copy protected noeler xanth cs orst edu eric richard noel writes discussion on piracy deleted off deeper end why does everyone think they need to be able to make a backup copy almost all new software must be installed to the hard disk so you are left with the originals as your backups i think its a waste of time space and money as well as it makes it to tempting to lend out the backups my own practice with new software make a copy of the original floppies to a second set of floppies install to hard drive from second set of floppies put originals in a box in room number one put copies in box in room number two accidents do happen to original floppies accidents can happen to the installation floppy sometimes software goes out on floppies that are just marginally good or gets too close to a magnet in shipping or storage i ve had experience with something like the last i purchased a compiler from a reputable vendor the debugger in the package just would not install to the hard drive no way repeated floppy to floppy copies finally got a clean read of the disk i don t recall if i used diskcopy copy b or xcopy i made a second copy of the marginal floppy and installed from that no problenms except with my typing since i regard backup floppies as cheap insurance just my side of the question bob
