I need to copy/update one file (C:\file.txt) to \\server1\folder1\file.txt \\server1\folder1\subfolder1\file.txt \\server1\folder1\subfolder2\file.txt ...
I am running in windows xp home edition and i have lost my disk for xp. can i make a copy from this computer to install onto my other computer which is running...
Many thanks to Garry Deane for helping me to solve the problem. For the benefit of anyone having the same problem, Garry tried to e- mail a copy of the zip...
I am a new user to XX copy and have a question. My computer's mother board and CPU got fried in a storm. I put new component in my computer, but window would...
I am trying to create a batch file that will do some automated file management using XXCOPY, but I am running into trouble. Any help would be very much...
... You have a few problems with this code. The batch file is almost certainly hanging because xxcopy is issuing a user prompt but you can't see it because you...
... mother ... The short answer is no. As I understand it, EFS (encrypted file system) is not available on XP Home so exactly how were these files hidden and...
The files were protected this way When I booted into windows, I had to enter a password. The files were hidden in my documents. I wanted to repair the older...
... You will only be able to repair and boot to the old version of XP if, when you reinstalled XP, you installed it to a different directory to that of the...
On my XP sp2 system I've been trying to copy mp3 files off a cd I burned a couple of years ago. Trying to get them onto my hard drive. I keep getting a 'can't...
... This looks like a generic error message rather than anything particularly useful. I'd suspect either a hardware error (faulty or scratched CD) or a long...
Thank you very much for your reply. I was unable to get robocopy at your URL but I managed to get it elsewhere. Thanks for that lead. I was unaware of all...
... I'm afraid that this behaviour looks to be pretty terminal. It looks somewhat like a corrupt set of pointers in the file table where the pointer to the...
That's a good idea, Garry, thanks, I'll try with a win98 boot disk with cd support, see what happens. regards, ab ... *** NATIONAL PHOTOS WILL LOSE YOUR PHOTOS...
... I thought this might be a good idea - and it might, but I haven't been able to bring it to fruition. Got a DOS boot disk, got another one with CDROM...
Hello, I'm pretty new to xxcopy so pplease forgive me if this is a FAQ (I searched the archives and browsed the help file but didn't find anything). I've got a...
I have been using XXCOPY and ZoneAlarm--a software firewall program-- in tandem for several years now with no cross-interaction problems, until last night: I...
... [...] ... Ok, I did some further testing and the exclusion file works as expected if it is in any directory other than "\backup\". Could this be a bug? ...
For whatever reason, ZoneAlarm thought XXCOPY was trying to change the hosts file and it wanted to protect you from it. This is a common way for someone to...
Hello, I want to clone files from one drive to another, but only if their archive bit is set. This is, I want the dest files to be deleted if the archive bit...
... Your command and exclusion file (located in the same path) worked OK for me. I suspect some sort of access restriction on that directory i.e. xxcopy can...
... I think it's safe to assume that Zonealarm's behaviour has changed recently and it now monitors the hosts. file (with good reason). I can only think of a...
... You'll need to split up the operation into 2 parts. 1. Clone based on the files with the a-bit set. This will update the a-bit files and delete extra files...
I use xcopy to create directory daily and copy todays files to it. I am trying to use xxcopy to delete directories ( and files inside ) older than a month old....
... The simple answer is to just delete all files that are older then 30 days with: xxcopy \src\ /db#30 /rsy /s /pd0 Depending on the way the files are being...