How to install Deluxe Paint (orig) on a HD?

[Matt_H]

Is this DPaint 1 you're using? DPaint 4 has a HD installer, maybe v2 and v3 do as well, if you have access to those.

Does it give you any error messages? Try

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copy df0:#? dhx:[your dpaint directory] all clone from a CLI to catch any files that don't show up from the Workbench interface (since 1.3 doesn't have a "Show all files" option). I think you can get the same result by dragging the disk icon to your directory of choice.

EDIT: I just had a look at the reference card at DLH's site. It mentions Kickstart 1.1, so it might be one of those very early programs that can't even handle 1.3.

[Matt_H]

Looking at the DPaint 2 reference card, it says to make a working copy of the disk, but that the original is still required for copy-protection purposes (!) every time you start the program. Maybe DPaint 1 has some similar mechanism, and the versions kicking around the web are cracked.