DISK COPY FAST Version 4.0 Copyright 1992 Chang Ping Lee page 25 16. INTRODUCING DISK COPY PLUS DISK COPY PLUS is the professional version of DISK COPY FAST. It includes all the features of DISK COPY FAST plus some advanced features. To many people, large quantity diskette duplicating means that you need to buy high-price copier. Not so any more. With DISK COPY PLUS you can assemble two low-end 286 PCs each equipped with up to four floppy drives at much lower price and achieve much higher copying speed. Not only do You get higher productivity, but also that you get two computers instead of a special purpose machine. DISK COPY PLUS is even better for you if you only need to copy small quantity of the same source diskette every day. Consider the low cost, incredibly high speed (see page 18-19 in DCF40.DOC) and other powerful features (explained later), DISK COPY PLUS is hard to beat. One of the most powerful features of DISK COPY PLUS is customized hot keys. You define up to 10 hot keys according to your special needs. A feature similar to hot keys but requiring no keystrokes is the AUTOEXEC feature. You define what DISK COPY PLUS should do automatically when you run the program, just like AUTOEXEC.BAT does when you reboot your computer. For example, DISK COPY PLUS can be configured so that each time you type DCP at the DOS prompt it will read an image file, set up a serial number (explained later), define read/write options and then prompt for the target disk. You then insert the target into drive A:, close the door and it will start copying. After you have done with one format, at the press of one key it converts the source to another format, say, from 720KB to 360KB, and continue copying in another drive. In this example, it takes only two keystrokes (one to change format, another to quit.) to produce as many 360KB and 720KB DISK COPY FAST Version 4.0 Copyright 1992 Chang Ping Lee page 26 target diskettes as you like. Each copy produced can have a unique serial number and each copy can be double checked with a BYTE-BY-BYTE comparison to make sure they are identical to the original, except for the serial number. This high degree of automation means that you can save time for more creative work, or you can hire someone who knows nothing about computers to do the copying for you. Another nice feature of DISK COPY PLUS is automatic serial number assignment. Some people like to change the disk serial number that DOS shows you when you use the DIR command. Other people like to imbed a unique serial number in their product. DISK COPY PLUS allow you to do either or both types of these serial numbers. In addition, it provides other tools to help you find and VERIFY the right location for imbedding serial numbers and show you the imbedded serial number on any duplicated diskette. This feature can be done automatically using the hot keys or AUTOEXEC features. DISK COPY PLUS also keeps track of serial number of EVERY image file for you so that you don't need to specify the serial number each time you run the program. It also keeps a log file for your diskette duplication. With a little editing (you add the distributing destination) the log file becomes a nice record of your diskette distribution. The power of DISK COPY PLUS keeps growing. Listed below are some other powerful commands. The DIAG command checks boot sector, file allocation table (FAT) and directory structure and provides reports for diskette usage and fragmentation. The CONVERT command convert diskette image from one format to another, so long as the data on original format can fit into the new format. For example, a 1.44 MB disk can be converted to 360 KB diskette if the data on the 1.44 MB disk does not exceed the total data space on a 360 KB diskette. DISK COPY FAST Version 4.0 Copyright 1992 Chang Ping Lee page 27 The DEFRAG command performs defragmentation on a diskette. It does more than just sectors swapping. The entire diskette is checked thoroughly for any possible way of compaction. The result is a perfect with no waste of space and no fragmentation. The DUMP command let you move around the loaded diskette in very high speed. You can use it to check the content of a diskette or verify the imbedded locations of a serial number. DISK COPY PLUS also provides commands that allow you to see the directory of a diskette, image file or diskette loaded in memory. DISK COPY FAST Version 4.0 Copyright 1992 Chang Ping Lee page 29 18. REGISTRATION BENEFIT FOR DISK COPY PLUS Registered users of DISK COPY PLUS will receive the following. For more details about the features of DISK COPY PLUS, see pages 25 to 27 of this documentation. 1. Everything that a registered user of DISK COPY FAST receives 2. Serial number assignment. 3. AUTOEXEC feature. 4. Customized hot keys. 5. DIAG command which diagnoses a diskette. 6. CONVERT command which converts diskette format. 7. DEFRAG command which defragments a diskette. 8. DUMP command which dumps the contents of loaded disk on screen. 9. DIR command which checks root directory. 10. You also get the key for DISK COPY FAST. To register, fill out the order form in the ORDER.FRM file and mail the form with payment to the following address. Mr. Chang Ping Lee P.O. Box 60064 Palo Alto, CA 94306