Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 09:42:56 +1300 From: Fran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Long file name utility?
I'm after the same. Especially for machines where getting in to windows to do the zipping method is not an option. Only one I can think of off hand is a bootable linux disk that sets up parallel port networking. Fran :):):) On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:11, you wrote: > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 05:06:39 +0000 > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Long file name utility? > > Does anyone know of a utility I can use to get files with long file names > from one notebook to another in DOS via a parallel cable connection? > > I have just a few directories I need to backup on a friend's notebook > with a W95 OS that is shot to hell, and won't boot, despite valiant > efforts to replair it. We're backing up everything now to re-install the > OS. > > I've ghosted all the data on a partitition he smartly created to save all > his work to. But there are a group of files in his > C:\Windows\Application Data folders that I'd like to backup while > preserving the file names. > > I downloaded a great freware PC to PC file transfer utility called File > Maven that I was able to download the ghost image file to my L70 with via > a null modem cable. > > But FM can't move files to the L70 and preserve long file names. I > downloaded the new PKware with pkzip.exe, but it can only compress and > save long file names in a DOS window while in Windows. > > Unless I've missed something, I don't see any way to get Ghost to create > an image of a group of selected files and folders. > > Any suggestions would be most appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
