Solve : Copying many files to floppy disks?

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Answer» I haven't used DOS for ten years but I'm sure I used to be able to do this. I have created a file which copies all files in a directory to a floppy DISK. What I cannot remember is how to copy the files to more than one floppy if they won't fit on a single one. I could use a Xip program but I'm trying to keep it simple for my wife who is a computer novice.I can't think offhand of any simple way. If it were my problem, I would use ZIP to make all the files to be COPIED into only one file. First, chances are that now it will fit and will copy very fast. But next, there are ways to copy a single zip file to multiple floppies. Nice to see someone besides me is still using floppies. My son bought a computer and it didn't even have a floppy drive. Everyone uses CD's today. Mac Here. IBM's CHOPPER tool has been acquired by Lenovo, it would seem. But that's irreverent. Just download the CHOPPER.EXE file from their website and follow the instructions, command syntax, etc. It'll split up files into 1.44MB segments and GENERATE an UNCHOP.EXE file. After you copy all the segments from one place to another, dump all the segments and the UNCHOP.EXE into a single directory together, execute UNCHOP.EXE and it'll reassemble the segments back into the original file. Nifty, eh? Quote Nice to see someone besides me is still using floppies. My son bought a computer and it didn't even have a floppy drive. Everyone uses CD's today. There just isn't a practical use for floppies anymore. Plus the floppy disk itself is far too fragile. Even CD's and DVD's are too small to tote files back and forth. The best solution for all your data-toting needs is a thumbdrive. However, that's ASSUMING you're running an operating system that has USB ports and is old enough to have the drivers to run such a DEVICE easily.

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I haven't used DOS for ten years but I'm sure I used to be able to do this. I have created a file which copies all files in a directory to a floppy DISK. What I cannot remember is how to copy the files to more than one floppy if they won't fit on a single one. I could use a Xip program but I'm trying to keep it simple for my wife who is a computer novice.I can't think offhand of any simple way.

If it were my problem, I would use ZIP to make all the files to be COPIED into only one file. First, chances are that now it will fit and will copy very fast. But next, there are ways to copy a single zip file to multiple floppies.

Nice to see someone besides me is still using floppies. My son bought a computer and it didn't even have a floppy drive. Everyone uses CD's today.

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Here.

IBM's CHOPPER tool has been acquired by Lenovo, it would seem. But that's irreverent. Just download the CHOPPER.EXE file from their website and follow the instructions, command syntax, etc. It'll split up files into 1.44MB segments and GENERATE an UNCHOP.EXE file. After you copy all the segments from one place to another, dump all the segments and the UNCHOP.EXE into a single directory together, execute UNCHOP.EXE and it'll reassemble the segments back into the original file.

Nifty, eh?

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Nice to see someone besides me is still using floppies. My son bought a computer and it didn't even have a floppy drive. Everyone uses CD's today.

There just isn't a practical use for floppies anymore. Plus the floppy disk itself is far too fragile. Even CD's and DVD's are too small to tote files back and forth. The best solution for all your data-toting needs is a thumbdrive. However, that's ASSUMING you're running an operating system that has USB ports and is old enough to have the drivers to run such a DEVICE easily.

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