Could someone refresh my memory in regard to the meaning of the switches for xcopy. As in xcopy /s /c /h /e /r /k I think s is for system files and h for hidden files and e for ? empty directories but c and r and k has got me stumped. Thankyou...Krystyna

If 6.22 or below C:\help If 7 (win95 + c:\xcopy /? Hope this is of some help. W.L.

/S Copies subdirectories /E Copies subdirectories, including empty ones. /C continues copying even if errors occur. /h copies hidden and system files /r overwrites read only files /k copies attributes. /? actually listed all these switches for me. Coincidentally, /? works on most DOS commands. Try it. -Michael

I don't think you can copy hidden and system files in Microsoft DOS. You got that off a DR-DOS Xcopy /?, didn't you? The reason you can/t Xcopy Windows 95 and above to another drive as a backup is that lack of /h and long filenames. And think how contrived long filenames are. Command.Com is loaded in DOS. So a modification to Command.COM must be loaded in windows instead of just modifying command.com.

Thanks for the responses. I did try xcopy/? but it was from C:\Windows\Command from Win 9x. The only switches they mentioned from that list was S and E. When I tried to xcopy some hidden files to a floppy, I got invalid parameters for H and C and R and K. I haven't dealt directly with DOS since I started using Windows 3.1, so I just plain forget it all. The reason for my interest is that I have read in the Win 9x forum about cloning a HDD by using the command xcopy C:\ D:\ /s /h /e /r /c /k I tried it, but got nowhere fast. Is that a valid command that should work in Windows 9x, or is it just for pure DOS. Thanks...Krystyna