Apple Disk Copy for OS 8.5.1

I am trying to image some older 3.5" disks using a powerpc desktop with 8.5.1.
I downloaded Apple Disk Copy 6.3.3 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60353.
But when I try to image a disk, I get an error message: "You cannot copy 'Jimmy' onto the disk 'Disk Copy,' because the disk is locked."
I tried opening the info window for Disk Copy.smi, but it shows the "locked" checkbox as unchecked. The info for the mounted disk and for the disk copy folder do not provide a "locked" box at all.
From the Disk COpy instructions that I am following: "Select one or more folders or disks and drag them into the Disk Copy main window (requires System Software 7.5 or later). Each folder and disk will be made into a separate disk image." That is as far as I get before the error.

I think I gotcha.
So I was dragging the disk into the wrong window? (I was dragging it to the mounted "Disk Copy" directory with the application and a text instruction file.)
When I try to open the "Disk Copy" application from the "Disk Copy" Directory I get the message, "Disk Copy could not update the disk image driver. Please unmount all disk images and try again."
I tried ejecting/unmounting everything as well as restarting several times and then trying Disk Copy again, but I get the same result each time.

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