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Copying Files

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Step-by-Step Instructions

Overview

First of all, if you have a personal computer and you know how to copy a floppy disk, you can simply use that method to make copies of your floppy disks. If you DO NOT have a personal computer, or one just doesn't happen to be handy, you can still copy a disk in your PSR keyboard.

To copy specific files between two disks, say, from disk #1 (let's call this one the "source" disk) to disk #2 (let's call the 2nd disk the "destination" disk), you use a two-step process. First, copy the files from the "source" floppy disk to the "USER" page in the PSR-2000 or PSR-2100.  Then, eject the source disk, put in the destination disk, and now copy (or paste) the files from the USER area to the new floppy disk. Detailed instructions are provided below.

Copying Files

Step 1: Insert the "source" floppy disk containing the file(s) to be copied. For this example, we will explain the steps for copying one or more Song files.  The steps for copying any type of file are essentially the same.

Step 2: Press the [A] button on the Main Screen to select SONG.

Step 3: Press the [NEXT] button to select the FLOPPY DISK page.

Step 4: Press the [3B]  button to select COPY.  The COPY display will appear.   (Note: the notation [3B] means the button "Below" the number "3" at the bottom of the screen.  [3A] would refer to the button "Above" the number 3.)

Step 5: Select the desired Song file(s) -- you can select more than one -- using the appropriate button(s) [A] - [J]. In the illustration shown here, there are only two song (midi) files on the floppy disk. One is called "AG-InTheMood" and the other is "RP-Georgia". If you press [A], the first song will be shown in inverse video, that is white letters on a dark background. That means it is selected. Press [A] again and it is no longer selected. To select both songs, just press [A] and then press [B]. Both songs will be highlighted.

Step 6: When you choose the COPY option, the bottom of the screen looks like the illustration shown below. If you wanted to select ALL the files, you could press the [6B] button below the [ALL] option. To copy only some of the files, select your songs, and then press the [7B] button to indicate that it is [OK] to proceed. Of course, if you change your mind entirely, just press [8B] to [CANCEL] the copy operation.

Step 7: You now want to move the display from the FLOPPY DISK area to the USER area. Press the [BACK] button to move to the USER Song page.

Step 8: Press the [4B] button to execute the [PASTE] command, which will then paste (another term for "copy") all the song files you selected on the FLOPPY DISK page to the USER page.

Step 9: Now that you've copied your songs to the USER page, eject the "source" floppy disk by pressing the eject button on the floppy disk drive.

Step 10: Insert the "destination" floppy disk, to which the Song file(s) will be copied, into your floppy drive.

Step 11: Now you will copy the files from the USER area to the FLOPPY DISK area. Press the [3B] button to select COPY.. The COPY display will appear.

Step 12: Just as you did earlier, select all the Song file(s) that you want to copy by pressing the appropriate [A] - [J] button(s).

Step 13: When you have selected all the songs you want to copy, press the [7B] button to select [OK].

Step 14: Now move from the USER area to the FLOPPY DISK area by pressing the [NEXT] button to display the FLOPPY DISK page.

Step 15: Finally, press the [4B] button to execute the [PASTE] command and copy the Song file(s) to the "destination" floppy disk.

COPY versus CUT

When you executed the COPY command you made a "copy" of a file and then moved the selection somewhere else and "pasted" that file in a new location. The original file is not affected. It is still there. If you don't want the file in the original location, you could then use the DELETE command to eliminate that original file.

If you used the CUT command to perform the operation, that is, CUT out the original file and then PASTE it in a new location, you could achieve the same result and not have to worry about going back to delete the original file. Of course, if you messed up the operation somehow, you would have neither the "pasted" version or the "original" version. It may be saver to simply copy and then paste. You can then verify that the file is where you expect it to be before going back and deleting the original. It is an extra step, but if you are dealing with a file you would rather not lose permanently, the extra caution will be worth the effort.

Duplicating an Entire Disk

To duplicate entire disks, the DISK-TO-DISK COPY feature may be used.  Follow the steps outlined below.

Step 8) Once you have inserted the destination disk, press the [G] button to indicate that it is OK to proceed. When the screen displays Completed, the process is finished.

NOTE: If there is a large amount of data on the disk, the screen may display a message asking for the source disk again, followed by a repeat of the procedures in steps 5 – 7 above.

Reference: Owners Manual, p. 43, 150