After using a FTPSDOS boot disk, I found a file I needed to copy (273kb) used the traditional MS-DOS method: copy filename a: And it appeared to copy successfully... But when I opened the diskette in windows the file was only 2kb! Is there something I'm doing wrong here? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!

Try: copy path\filename\extension a:\ For example copy c:\dos\himem.exe a:\

Thanks for the reply, I tried this but I'm still getting the same incomplete files... Does anyone have any suggestions? I could really use the help!

If it's a text file try copying it to the screen or to your printer just to see what happens. Otherwise if you have Basic try writing a small prog to read/write it to wherever. Never had a prob with MS-Copy. Good luck

Try COPY /B filename.ext A:\filename.ext /B The /B for binary file will override any system defaults you may have set and copy the whole file. If you have somehow set a COPY system default of /A for ASCII text file copy, then COPY will end the copy when it hits the first End Of File (EOF=1Ah) character in the file.

Thanks again for all the suggestions but I'm still not having any luck. The file I'm trying to copy is a SAM file (from xp/NT) and, unless I'm terribly mistaken, has no extension... is maybe where I'm running into trouble? All ideas would be greatly appreciated!