Backup failed

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In the days of DOS there was a very useful programme called XCOPY,
I know it still exists but has anyone used it recently?
 
In the days of DOS there was a very useful programme called XCOPY,
I know it still exists but has anyone used it recently?
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XCopy was very nice. Most of the recommendations I see for XP is to use
xxcopy (http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm). It's good for backup but, from
what I've read, the results do not produce a drive copy that can boot on
its own.
 
XCOPY works within a comand prompt under XP, and has essentialy the same
format as it did in DOS.

I just used it earlier today on a PC with XP SP2.
 
Ted Zieglar said:
Dragging and dropping does it all for me.
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I'm trying to copy the entire contents of the C drive as a backup to drive
D.

How would dragging and dropping acheive that?
 
Sharon F said:
XCopy was very nice. Most of the recommendations I see for XP is to use
xxcopy (http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm). It's good for backup but, from
what I've read, the results do not produce a drive copy that can boot on
its own.
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Thanks, but I wouldn't expect the backup to boot, if there was a problem
I would expect to reload XP, then recover all the files etc. to be able
to restore the whole thing to the level before the last backup.
 
David Nimon said:
Well, gee, do you think going to Acronis.com or Symantec.com just might be
a start?
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I'm not that bright!

I would have expected an expert like you to understand that anyone asking
a question here would not have the expertise that you appear to have.
--
alan

reply to alan(dot)holmes27(at)virgin(dot)net
 
Hi, Sharon.

I like Xcopy and still use it often. I haven't had to backup a full volume
in a few months, but when I do, I use it with these switches:

xcopy d:\ x:\ /c /h /e /r /k

(As always in a "DOS" window, type the command followed by /? to see a
mini-Help file showing all the switches and parameters used with that
command: xcopy /?)
the results do not produce a drive copy that can boot on
its own.
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Two reasons for this. First, the boot sector is critical to booting and it
is NOT a file, so no file-handling command can copy it. We have to use
something like the Recovery Console command FixBoot. Second, Xcopy cannot
copy the currently-in-use Registry files. But by booting into a parallel
install, for example, we can Xcopy the entire volume.

Oh. Rereading your post, I see you have TWO X'es in XXcopy. I've never
tried that one. So I don't know if the same two factors apply to that.

RC
 
Oh. Rereading your post, I see you have TWO X'es in XXcopy. I've never
tried that one. So I don't know if the same two factors apply to that.
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Hi, RC. Yep, 2 XX's - a similar but different program. Did you reset your
newsreader recently? Just wondering since this is an older thread. :)
 
Hi, Sharon.

My hometown ISP (San Marcos Internet, Inc.) sold out to ("joined forces",
they said) the larger hometown communication conglomerate (Grande
Communications) last month. While they both use the same news server
(SuperNews), I've had to switch to the Grande server. When I created the
new News account in OE, it started me over from scratch in my Usenet
newsgroups.

That doesn't affect these MS public NGs directly, but I've spent so much
time catching up in my Quicken NG and a couple of others in Usenet that I've
gotten a little behind here in the WindowsXP groups, too.

It sure was nice for the past 10 years, being able to call up and talk to
the ISP's owner when I had a problem. Now, he's still there, but he works
for the big corporation. So I have to fight my way through a half-dozen
layers of phone maze just to get to Tech Support - including working my way
past offers to help with my telephone or TV cable. :>( And neither he nor
I can understand yet why I have to disable Norton Internet Security at least
temporarily before I can collect my email, which still uses the same POP3
server.

Oh, well. Onward and upward. Bigger is always better. NOT!

RC
 
Hi, Sharon.

My hometown ISP (San Marcos Internet, Inc.) sold out to ("joined forces",
they said) the larger hometown communication conglomerate (Grande
Communications) last month. While they both use the same news server
(SuperNews), I've had to switch to the Grande server. When I created the
new News account in OE, it started me over from scratch in my Usenet
newsgroups.

That doesn't affect these MS public NGs directly, but I've spent so much
time catching up in my Quicken NG and a couple of others in Usenet that I've
gotten a little behind here in the WindowsXP groups, too.

It sure was nice for the past 10 years, being able to call up and talk to
the ISP's owner when I had a problem. Now, he's still there, but he works
for the big corporation. So I have to fight my way through a half-dozen
layers of phone maze just to get to Tech Support - including working my way
past offers to help with my telephone or TV cable. :>( And neither he nor
I can understand yet why I have to disable Norton Internet Security at least
temporarily before I can collect my email, which still uses the same POP3
server.

Oh, well. Onward and upward. Bigger is always better. NOT!

RC
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I hope that there will be improvement after the dust from the changeover
settles. Good luck with the new/old service.
 
Seeing this thread prompts me to ask why full file name are copied but
folder names are truncated to aaaaaa~1.aaa. More importantly is it possible
(and how) to use full length folder names?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
 
Bill, please include previous message in your replies to newsgroup posts (OE
Tools>Options>Send>...).

Thank you.
 
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