Track Range controls which parts of a disk are formatted and verified.
If Track Range is set to Data then DiskDupe formats, verifies, or compares
only the part of the destination disk that corresponds to a data track on
the source. This can save a lot of time if the disks are not very full.
The Serial setting is useful for applying serialization to diskettes in a
second pass so that DiskDupe will only write to the track(s) that have
serial numbers.
With Track Range All, DiskDupe formats and verifies the entire disk, whether
or not it is writing data.
If you are copying to blank diskettes with the Track Range set to Data, then
the diskette produced will be perfectly readable for the files that it
originally contains. However anyone who tries to copy additional files
to this disk or make a copy with Dos DiskCopy will get an error because
the empty space on the disk has not been formatted. This can serve as a type
of copy protection. In addition, since most disk defects occur in the last
tracks, you get more "good" disks.
Serializing with Track Range:
With Serialization set On and Track Range to Serial, DiskDupe duplicates or
compares only the track or range of tracks containing the serial string. This
lets you copy the disks first and serialize them as a second step. With
Serialization Off, this setting functions like Track Range All.
Track Range set to None can be selected if you are using StopCopy
to apply copy protection in a second-pass. This will prevent the data already
present on the copies not be over-written.
See Also:
Serialization
