... Hi Kan, ... Yes, but XXCOPY is already installed on the drive from when it was a 98 system. I don't think though that it has worked since the upgrade. ...
... In a dual boot system, you need to install XXCOPY on the both boot environments. Once in the XP (probably into c:\windows\system32\") and second time in...
Hi, I want to clone a directory, and get prompted for each overwritten or deleted file, but not for each copied file that does not overwrite an existing file. ...
To prevent directories or files from being backed up, for whatever reason, I add a prefix character to the file or directory name. My choice is # so you've...
... Apparently David is suggesting an elimination of the distinction between the directory-exclusion and the file exclusion. Sure, it would be simpler to...
Hello and compliments for your marvellous backup utility. I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I swear I strived to look at my best for a solution...
You probably can only get what you want by using multiple XXCOPY commands, checking the log file from the first command before taking action (deletion) in a...
... I think you are saying that it is the original files that are corrupted. If that is not the case then accept my appologies and exit! If your original files...
Erio Michelangelo wrote: <snip> ... I have written this many time before, and I need to repeat now. When you perform a backup operation from a source to a...
Hi James, first of all, thank you so much for your very much appreciated reply. Well, as far as can see from the logs, all I can check in the verbose listing...
Dear Ray, thank you so very much for the time you invested in replying me, I really appreciate. ... ME: Yes, this is the case, but I'd like to stress about the...
Mighty Kan, thanks 2 U 2 for listening to my troubles, and once again I'm sorry if you find some (hope not a lot) redundancy in my question. ... ME: I very...
... <snip> ... I'll throw in my 2 cents here. As I understand it from some of Kan's older posts, xxcopy does go to some extra trouble to avoid the possibility...
Erio Michalangelo wrote: <snip> ... Earlier, Ray Mccormick in his reply in this thread suggested ... Let me elaborate on this feature which may be "the simple...
... Well, when I interjected my recommendation for multiple backup copies, I did not go over the reason why the file loss was caused. The safe file-overwrite...
Hi, Using XXCopy 3.04 Pro. I have a batch file that can accept a parameter representing a directory, I append a backslash to make sure it is seen as a...
I use this nightly to do incremental backups to their own folder named with the date... xxcopy f:\shared\ "z:\Backup_Daily\/$yyyy-mm-dd$\" /S /ZY /DA:. /yy...
... This was my error. I should have said "The only way to guard against this is not to overwrite files or delete them (/zy). /zy deletes extra files /dirs in...
Could a group admin go through the links section at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/links and remove all the spam? I don't see a single legitimate...
Hello Garry, sorry for the delay in answering to your reply. You must be very rich, because your vision of 2 cents look like thousands to me!!! Ok, maybe it's...
Hello again, Master Kan! ... ME: I got most of it, thanks Kan; as I anticipated in my previous answers to Garry's reply, I was sure pf your enlightening us on...
Hi, At work we recently ran into a snag with v2.98.2 Pro, a batch of files were copied from a network storage device to a local hard drive in Windows XP with...
Hello again, Ray. Thanks for your constant efforts in let me better understand. ... ME: here's what I overlooked, then!!! And better clarifies to me the...
... Thanks for your always so instructing explanations, Kan. I told before reading your new answer I'm replying to that I will experiment with versioning vs....
... ME: thanks fot your very interesting (real-life) example, JH! I'll use it as a base to set up a complete procedure for error-prone backups with XXCOPY; I...
Hi, I'm trying to copy files from a directory based on both the time and date. I run a generation process, and after the process modify a few files, I would...
Ray, I'm SO very sorry to have been so dumb... I could mention the hot weather with no AC here, and replying at night hours, as excuses... but the sad reality...
Hi back at ya. I don't fully understand how your procedure works and what you are exactly asking, but if I got it correctly far enough I have a (hope not so)...
