it says Microsoft Windows 2000 ( Version 5.00.2195 )
Then you are not running plain old MS DOS. Looks like your computer is running Windows 2000.
I don't have Win2000, so I can't comment on whether or not you'll ever get a version of backup to work with it.
I went to the sites you listed
and got Dos 5.0
This should let you make a boot disk, that will boot to plain old MS DOS.
and
PD0315.EXE MS-DOS Backup/Restore Supplemental Utilities for MS-DOS Versions 3.x,4.x & 5.0 54KB
I'd stated:
"...take your time and look through what is there carefully. "
That appears to be the second item in the list.
I copied this utility to a floppy and tried to copy it
COPY A:Backup.* says no files copied
Right. Because no file named backup.* existed.
thanks for taking your time to help.
No problem. But as soon as you introduced Win2000, and if you need to operate under it, I think you need to wait for somebody else that is familiar with it to help you.
any different steps I can do to get the backup restore utility copied
Sure.
The same thing I've already said.
Go back to that page, and carefully read it. I see a couple that clearly say, "Contains backup.exe ..." , whereas the one you downloaded does not.
Next, you can't simply copy that download to a floppy and expect to find backup.exe on the floppy. The downloaded file is an executable.
You have to run it.
Suggestions:
As always, with any download, scan it for malware before running it.
It is probably a self extracting zip file. So put a copy of it in its own directory, and then run it. That way, if it extracts its contents right there, you've got them all together, and not mixed in with some other stuff you might have in a 'downloads' directory.
Then look for anything named backup.exe and/or restore.exe .
Again, I suspect that if you try to run them under Win2000, they might balk and tell you something about wrong version. You could experiment and find out though.
