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Number   :  296
Date     :  2001-06-27
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: Alternatives to XXCOPY
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--- tornberg@b... wrote:
> Alternatives to XXCOPY?
> 
> I don't use XXCOPY because it is free, I use it
> because it is the 
> best solution to my complex backup and
> synchronisation needs. Kan, 
> I'm offering you some money.
> 
> I am a DOS user at heart. I even maintain the
> discipline of the 8.3 
> file naming convention. Don't knock it, I can find
> any of them. In 
> the early days of DOS the XXCOPY equivalent was
> PCOPY by Patrisoft - 
> I still use it on DOS/Win 3.1 machines in school. I
> suppose I should 
> use XXCOPY16 but the batch files are written and are
> 100 percent 
> reliable. DOS partition size limits forced me to
> find a replacement 
> for PCOPY and I found XXCOPY by lucky accident.
> PCOPY was 
> indispensable and XXCOPY is indispensable. I use the
> 
> word "indispensable" in its literal sense.
> 
> I have thousands of hours of work stored on my
> computers, it is not 
> replaceable. Backup and reliability is everything to
> me. XXCOPY plays 
> a big part in this but I don't use XXCOPY to mirror
> partitions or to 
> create images. "Horses for courses" is the phrase
> that comes to mind 
> and I use Drive Image. Even in England, an island
> just off Europe, I 
> earn enough in two hours to buy Drive Image at just
> under 50 British 
> pounds. It costs just under 50 dollars in the USA.
> Americans - I 
> don't see your problem.
> 
> I have used Drive Image (and Partition Magic) for
> many, many years 
> and have never (I repeat never) had any problems.
> 
> Don't ask me to download spurious utilities! Pixelab
> and Powerquest 
> give me what I want.
> 
> David Tornberg
> 
> 
> It's nice to hear that I'm not the only dos freak
in the world. I wish dos would advance and expand. The
dos command line remains a fabulous tool.
> 
> 


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