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===MSBACKUP=== The MSBACKUP command is used to backup or restore one or more files from one disk to another. The ''New York Times'' said that ''MSBACKUP'' "is much better and faster than the old BACKUP command used in earlier versions of DOS, but it does lack some of the advanced features found in backup software packages that are sold separately.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/04/science/personal-computers-it-s-1994-so-where-are-your-data.html |title= It's 1994. So Where Are Your Data? |author=Peter H. Lewis |newspaper= The New York Times |date=January 4, 1994}}</ref> There is another offering, named MWBACKUP, that is [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]-oriented. It was introduced for Windows for Workgroups (3.11).<ref>Source: Zeos International: {{cite web |url=http://windowsbulletin.com/files/exe/zeos-international-ltd/windows-for-workgroups-3-11-ms-dos-6-22-backup-installation-disc/mwbackup-exe |title=What is MWBACKUP.EXE?|date=25 February 2019 }}</ref> The MSBACKUP command is available in MS-DOS versions 6 and later.<ref name="RUNNINGMSDOS" />
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