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Home > Forums > Desktop Software > PC Operating Systems > IBM: OS/2 Forum

os/2 warp2 help needed

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lamedmem (TechnicalUser)

6 Feb 07 12:42

hi can anyone help me?
I have a very old IBM computer (Industrial Computer 7546) running os/2 warp 2. This computer controls some machinery, the hard drive is a Maxtor MAX 540S (ibm p/n 17G3180) The hard drive has gone and I may need to recover it.. I have a second computer which has similar software on it and I want to back it up before it goes too. Can this hard drive be backed up onto a floppy disc? And if so how is it done?

Any help would be appreciated

Truusvlugindewind (Programmer)

7 Feb 07 7:49

OS2 Version 2 I persume?
Yes, you can back-up. The same syntax as good-old-msdos: something like "backup c: a:" should do the job.
Still got floppies enough? All formatted and checked?

I might be smarter to re-install OS2 on new hardware and try to re-create the situation on the old-machine (copy config.sys, datafiles, the .exe and .dll's and so on.

Document it and repeat it every 3 to 4 years.

It's a known "problem" with OS/2. It runs contiuously until the underlying hardware crumbeles under you hands....The irony of quality

os24u (TechnicalUser)

9 May 07 5:38

Use DFSEE at http://www.dfsee.com for recovery
It can copy damaged partition and create an image.
For backups prefer http://zuko.mitm.ru/files DSync/2
synchronize, delete old and copy new. Easiest is another hard
drive with a removable tray.

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