Installing an Old Harddrive?

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Zip said:
One last question, looking at the web, it recommends using:

D:\> xcopy C:\*.* /a /e /k

as the best way to transfer one entire drive to another (what I want to
do). However, I get an "/k is an invalid switch". What's the best way to
transfer an entire volume?

Thanks again, everyone!
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I wound up using:

D:\> xcopy C:\*.* /a /e /s

Booted back up in WinXP, and the uncompressed data was all there! Time for a
beer...
 
Zip said:
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One last question, looking at the web, it recommends using:

D:\> xcopy C:\*.* /a /e /k

as the best way to transfer one entire drive to another (what I
want to do). However, I get an "/k is an invalid switch". What's
the best way to transfer an entire volume?
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Get yourself xxcopy, from <http://xxcopy.com>. Free. Avoids the
anomolies and traps of MS software, and much more capable.

As a last resort you might try "xcopy /?" for a description of the
switches available on your particular version.
 
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