Instructions for use of XCopy Pro

[Ilwrath]

Well, XCopyPro instructions/settings kind of depend on the version you're using, along with the copy protection of the original disks.  For the most part, picking DOSCOPY (or DOSCOPY+) and setting your source and destination drives should be adequate for any non-protected or lightly protected disks.  NIBBLE copy should also work, (and it even works for some copy protected disks) but it takes longer.  BAMCOPY and BAMCOPY+ aren't terribly useful under most conditions.

You shouldn't have had any problems with copying Workbench 1.3 using DOSCOPY, DOSCOPY+, or NIBBLE, as it has no copy protection, whatsoever.  If this copy failed, perhaps you tried to use a bad (physically damaged) destination diskette?

Shadow of the Beast (provided it's a legitimate original) won't copy easily.  It requires custom hardware (like the old Synchro-Express) to make a perfect copy.  Some later disk-copy parameter programs (such as Maverick) could copy SoTB by actually applying a crack to the game.  XCopyPro is not that type of copier, though.

[Ilwrath]

Copying KS 1.2 with nibble mode worked fine. No luck with KS 1.3

Hmm.. strange.  I don't remember the disk format of these two being fundamentally different from each other.  Of course, I haven't used the A1000 nearly as much as other Amigas.  (I own one, but it's not in great shape, and I just keep it as an example, more than really a usable machine.)

Anyhow, maybe you could try using df0: as both source and destination (diskswap mode)?  Maybe your df0: is having troubles reading some disks written by your df1:?  

As for backing up Shadow of the Beast...  The easiest way I know of is if you have a higher-end Amiga, WHDLoad can install you a HD copy, and that is a piece of cake to back up.  That's what I did.  Plus it's nice to be able to load the game without needing any disks at all...  If you must have a disk version, I just downloaded the cracked version, as nothing I had could create a perfect copy from my original.  (shrug)