Backing up your files using the HP Connectivity Pack's DC95 Program

DC95/DCS95 are file transfer programs included with the HP Connectivity Pack. (See Chapter 5 of the Connectivity Pack User's Manual for more details.) To back up the entire contents of the 95LX, create two sub-directories on the PC's hard drive: C:\HP95A to store the 95LX's A drive, and C:\HP95C to store the 95LX's C drive.

Here is how to backup the 95LX's entire RAM card to the PC assuming C is the last desktop drive. Type the following command form the DOS prompt on your desktop:

XCOPY D:*.* C:\HP95A /S /E

This will copy all files from the 95LX's A drive, including all sub-directories, to the PC. To copy the 95LX's C drive into the HP95C sub-directory on the PC, type the following command on the PC:

XCOPY E:*.* C:\HP95C /S /E

If you know how to create batch files, you can put both lines into a file, call it BACKUP.BAT, and then just type BACKUP from the DOS prompt.

Another nice feature of using DC95 is that you can run a word processor like WordPerfect 5.1 on the desktop and spell-check a file from the 95LX without transferring it. Just run WordPerfect and read a MEMO file in from the Palmtop's built-in C drive. Then spell check it and save it back to that drive in ASCII format. You could also use PCTools Shell program (or your favorite file manager) to access the 95LX's drives as if they were another disk on the PC.

Larry Lefkowitz

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