in dos, how do I copy a file I need to a floppy, and format the floppy in dos?

Question

I have 1 file I need on a crashed computer and I've worked 3 days just to get a dos screen from a windows 98 disk (Im running 2000). The file will fit on a floppy if I can format it.

Thanks.

Answer 1

At the command prompt
C:\FORMAT A:
press enter, when finished it'll show info
then
C:\COPY (your file and path) a:

The path would be something like
C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\FILE ABC.DOC
so the command would be
C:\ CD WINDOWS\DESKTOP
(this changes to the desktop directory)
then
C:\ WINDOWS\DESKTOP\COPY FILE ABC.DOC A:

Answer 2

Stick the floppy in the drive and type the following to format it:

FORMAT A: /Q

To copy a file to the floppy, first move to the folder that contains the file by using the cd (Change Directory) command like so:

cd "C:/foldername1/foldername2/.../foldernameX"

So, for instance of you file is in C:/Program Files/blah, you'd type:

cd "C:/Program Files/blah"

Then, to copy your file to the floppy, you'd type:

copy A:

So if you file was called test.doc, you'd type

copy test.doc A:

Answer 3

to format your floppy so you can use it:
at the prompt, type: format a: (hit enter)
"format process will proceed as you follow prompts"

to copy a file to it, floppy (which you can do in 2 ways. use whatever you are comfortable with): I'll use the filename, myfile.doc for illustration purposes.

at the c:\ prompt, type copy myfile.doc a:\ (hit enter)

or

at the c:\ prompt type in a: (hit enter) the prompt will now show:
a:\

now you can then type in copy c:\myfile.doc (hit enter)

either way will give you the same result: copy the file you wanted from c drive to your floppy disk.

take charge!

Answer 4

Don't understand. Why do you have to format the floppy. They came formatted years ago. Am I missing something?

Answer 5

Format the floppy disk :
command
-------------
Format A:
then hit Enter

copy the file
Command
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Copy C:\foldername\filename.ext A:
then hit Enter

C:\folder name\filename.ext should be replaced with the path and name and extension of ur file ... ( note that you have to ignore spaces in the path and name if they exist )

Answer 6

did you try copy with same name
c: copy c:/path/filename.ext a:
or copy c:filename.ext a:
should work