Use the PROJECT menu's COPY operation to make a copy of a project. This can be done to the current drive partition, a different drive partition, or an external hard drive, providing the destination drive has enough free space. This can be handy when you want to have a safety copy of a project while you work on the original. It can also be useful if you need to create multiple versions of a project based on the same original work. Finally, it can be helpful if youre having problems backing up a project.
Copying a Project:
- Press PROJECT.
- With the TIME/VALUE dial, select and mark the project(s) you want to copy.
If "COPY" isn't visible above F1, press PAGE until it is. - Press F1(COPY)the PROJECT COPY screen appears.
"DESTINATION DRIVE" will be displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen. If the listed drive partition is not the desired destination for the copy, press F4(SelDrv) and use the TIME/VALUE dial to highlight the desired drive partition, and press F5(SELECT) to choose it.
You can wipe the destination drive clean before copying your data to it. - Set Erase all Projects to:
Off: if you want to add what you're copying to the list of projects already on the destination drive.
On: if you want to clear the drive so it contains only what you're copying. - Press F5(OK) - the VS-2480 asks: "Copy to IDE:x Sure?": (x is the drive chosen in step 5).
- Press ENTER/YES to proceed, or EXIT/NO to cancel the COPY operation.
If you pressed ENTER/YES, the VS-2480 asks if you want to store any changes you've made to the currently loaded project before beginning the COPY process. - Press ENTER/YES to save your most recent changes to the currently loaded project before copying the marked project(s), or EXIT/NO to simply begin copying.
If "Erase all Projects" was set to "on", the VS-2480 asks if you're sure you want to erase the destination drive first - press ENTER/YES to do so, or EXIT/NO to cancel copying.