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cant copy folder
Name: Jeff Date: February 24, 2002 at 14:19:41 Pacific
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Im installing win2k on my system and since the CD wont work, ive been told to copy I386 folder to C:, then install from there. I got to dos, then changed to that directory (D:\I386), then ran the command "COPY *.* C:\I386" to copy the folder to C, and it said "COPY does not support wildcards and copies of directories". i need to know how to get passed this to copy the I386 file and install win2k. Thanx.
Name: Dallas Date: February 26, 2002 at 06:42:06 Pacific
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I you can't use windows to copy the files try using this command: xcopy d:\i386 c:\i386 /e Make sure the c:\i386 folder already exists. Also, this won't work if you don't have the xcopy file in your c:\dos or c:\windows\command directory.
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Response Number 2
Name: tom Date: February 26, 2002 at 11:21:48 Pacific
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I've found (at least within 95, 98) that using xcopy or even xcopy32 will still lop of LFN's. (long file names) Don't know if there are LFN's in the I386 folder or not...
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Response Number 3
Name: John Date: April 21, 2002 at 10:46:47 Pacific
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You need to type copy d:\i386 c:\i386. Make i386 directory on c: first.
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