Ramdisk installation

If the computer doesn't have a hard disk and is not attached to a network, you can run DiskDupe off of a Ram drive provided that you have enough memory. DiskDupe can be run off of a hard disk or a Ram drive but it is not possible to run DISKDUPE.EXE off of a floppy drive.

If you only have extended memory you can use a RAM disk to run DiskDupe. Copy the DiskDupe files from the floppy to the RAM disk and run DiskDupe on the Ram disk to leave your floppy drives free for copying.

If you have the Pro edition of DiskDupe a special RAM disk called a RAMBODSK.EXE is included. If you have the Standard edition, you can use the RAMDRIVE.SYS utility included with Dos instead. 

Follow the instructions below to run DiskDupe from a RAM disk.

• Create a boot-up disk and copy *.sys and DISKDUPE.* from the DiskDupe disk to the boot-up disk with the Dos copy command.
  
• Add the line: DEVICE = RAMBODSK.EXE to the CONFIG.SYS file on the boot-up disk. The RamboDisk will be given a drive letter, such as C:.
  
• Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to contain the lines:
  COPY COMMAND.COM C:
  COPY DISKDUPE.* C:
  SET COMSPEC = C:\COMMAND.COM
  
• Run DiskDupe from the RamboDisk C:, configure it as described in the Setup chapter, and exit to save the configuration file.
  
• Copy DiskDupe's configuration file, DISKDUPE.DAT, from the RamboDisk in C: to bootup disk in A:. This will preserve your customized setup for future use. If you make modifications in the future, copy the file to the bootup disk once again.