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Copy Drive in DOS
Name: devil_online Date: February 16, 2002 at 10:08:26 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, I want to know how to copy a entire drive to another in dos. Like D: to C:. Tanks
Name: Secret_Doom Date: February 16, 2002 at 13:19:17 Pacific
Reply:
I'm not completely sure about this, but I think it's this:
xcopy/e c:\*.* d:\
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Response Number 2
Name: Todd Truman Date: February 16, 2002 at 21:34:49 Pacific
Reply:
xcopy d:\*.* c:\ /s/e/h/i/y
however it will not overwrite any system file in use if the target is c: , and will abort the copy. if going c: d: and the file is in use, again it will abort the copy. You can set switches to ignore errors, but in the event of an S attributed file being in use, all bets are off. To use these swithes must be in GUI mode of command prompt. to get all switches, type xcopy /? on command prompt running from windows.
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Response Number 3
Name: name Date: February 18, 2002 at 09:13:38 Pacific
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xcopy does not work right, period. There was even a couple of webpages to that effect.
If you are trying to clone a drive, you need Norton GHost or something similar. Works fine, lasts a long time, runs from a floppy.
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Response Number 4
Name: fred6008 Date: February 20, 2002 at 21:06:34 Pacific
Reply:
XCOPY C: D: /S (or /E) The problem with xcopy is you cannot copy the complete Windows directory while running Windows, and you cannot xcopy long filenames from a startup disk boot. Also hidden and system files can't be copied from most versions of XCOPY.
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Response Number 5
Name: waptec Date: May 2, 2002 at 19:28:16 Pacific
Reply:
/----------------common-----------------\ |setup the destination drive with fdisk | |make partition "active" | |do not sys it or format it | |reboot your computer | |source drive=c destination drive=d | |boot clean aka f5 | -----------/ ---------if os=dos622------------------ scandisk c:/autofix/nosummary defrag c:/f/sd attrib -r -a -s -h c:\*.*/s wait a long time format d:/u/c/autotest xcopy c:\*.* d:/e/v setup destination drive=c reboot --------------if os=win9(x)---------- boot=f5 dissable vurtual memory msconfig = turnoff all start tsr's reboot=f5 format d: in gui xcopy32 c:\*.* d:/h/i/c/k/e/r/y
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