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Number   :  224
Date     :  2001-06-17
Author   :  Michael Marquart
Subject  :  Re: Re4:  restoring from full CD backup
Size(KB) :  1



My usage is very simple:

:: Backup all long filenames on the c: drive into \BACKUP.LFN
DOSLFNBK C:\ /S \RECYCLED 

which processes the entire C: drive but skips the recycled directory.
It's wise to do a scandisk within Windows prior to booting into the DOS
session.


My restore batchfile looks like this

doslfnbk \ /r /f \backup.lfn



>Michael, that's good news and adds confirmation to Ken's earlier comments.
>Its always good to get several comments on this sort of subject.
>
>I took a look at the website that has the doslfnbk download and it has some
>fairly extensive documentation regarding the use of command line switches.
>Could you or Ken tell us what line switches you found worked effectively for
>the purpose we are discussing here. I know this is somewhat off-topic with
>regard to xxcopy but doslfnbk does seem to extend the functionality of
>xxcopy in a very important way.
>
>Regards,
>...Dan
>
>===================================
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Marquart 
>To: 
>Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 11:11 AM
>Subject: Re: Re3: [xxcopy] restoring from full CD backup
>
>
>>
>> Just jumping in here - I backup my Windows installation using ZIP after
>> booting to a straight DOS session, and use DOSLFNBK to save the long and
>short
>> filenames prior to the backup - saving the data file and DOSLFNBK in the
>ZIP
>> file too. This saves the shortfilenames as they are on the HDD in the
>ZIP
>> file, and DOSLFNBK saves the longfilenames to the data file.
>>
>> When it comes to restoring, I can boot to DOS from a boot floppy, or a
>> specially prepared bootable cdrom, and then restore the zip and use
>DOSLFNBK
>> to restore the long filenames.
>>
>> I have done so twice, and it works a treat for me.
>>
>> Michael.
>>



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