** Roger Williams Wrote at 01:52 PM 01/24/2002 -0700 ** >Ralph, >It was my understanding you wanted to "save everything on the "C" after >doing an install. >If you use xxcopy you don't need to boot into DOS to work. Just open up a >DOS window and do this: > >xxcopy c:\ d:\ /clone. > >That will give you what you described you wanted I believe. It copies all >system, hidden, read only, etc.
>From what I understand from reading on the "xxcopy" website, the "xxcopy c:\ d:\ /clone" will only work properly when in a DOS box while in Windows. It will not work properly when in real DOS because real DOS does not support long file names. Therefore, to use it in the way I wanted to use it (boot into DOS, format the "C" partition, then copy a previously copied "C" partition back to the "C" partition) it will not do the job. Here's a few lines from the "xxcopy" website. Begin Quote: Q and A about Disk Cloning: Q: Can I stay in DOS (real mode) to duplicate the disk using XXCOPY16? A: We strongly recommend the use of XXCOPY.EXE (the 32-bit version which must run under the Win32 environment), as described in this page. When you stay in the DOS (real mode) environment, you may not be able to access all the files and directories in your disk drive. This is due to the fact that the DOS environment cannot handle a pathname which exceeds the 80 character limit. Although each long name comes with its short name (8.3 format) alias, there could still be a heavily nested, very long path which exceeds the 80-character limit after converting all of the long directory names into their short name alias (for the same reason, SCANDISK fails on certain volume in 16-bit mode). If all of the files in your drive have a full pathname less than 80 characters, you can use XXCOPY16 with the /CLONE switch to create an interim copy of the source disk which can be made bootable. After you boot into the Win9x environment, you should convert all of the shortnames in your system disk into the corresponding longname using the following command (assuming the D: drive is the original source drive) XXCOPY D:\ C:\ /S /NL This procedure lets you restore most of the long filenames. However, there will be a small number of files and directories which are made prior to this XXCOPY run (immediately after the first Win9x initialization). That is, you need to perform additional procedures by hand to make necessary adjustments. In short, this procedure is troublesome at best and we don't recommend it to anyone who asks this question in the first place. End Quote. Tom Dimeo ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
