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Number : 524 Date : 2001-08-05 Author : j12820@y... Subject : Re: Copying a CD to the hard drive Size(KB) : 4
***** From John Gill (The originator of this thread).... This is a status update on my attempt to copy a CD to the HD: 1. I started trying to use the LFNBK associated with Win-95. This errored out because it tried to remove the LFN's from the original CD. (Cannot erase on a factory CD) 2. I then tried LONGSAVE by Computer Tyme. This failed because it wanted to create the file containg the LFN's on the original CD. 3. I then downloaded DOSLFNBK and tried it. It allowed me to create the restore file any place on my hard disk. 4. I then created a directory on my HD and used XXCOPY with the /NX (and other flags) to copy the CD. 5. I was carried away by Dan's and Kenneth's remarks (below) that I forgot my original problem. My CD had short filenames (SFN) that included 3 digits (eg: TEST~123.GIF) and XXCOPY only uses a maximum of 2 digits (eg: TESTA~12.GIF). The 3-digit file now had a new SFN of TEST~1.GIF. The LFN seemed to copy OK. There was over 100 3-digit SFN's messed-up. 6. If DOSLFNBK had a way of using the LFN to restore the SFN, it would solve my problem. I finally used a CD-R and Adaptec's CD-Copier to copy the original CD. I just hated to have over 500 MB of blank unusabe space on the CD-R (but they are cheap). 7. I think the best approach would be for Kan to fix XXCOPY to work with SFN's that contain 3 digits. This was a CD that came with a book that I borrowed from the library. It had some useful files that I wanted to save for future consideration. Thanks for your ideas.... John Gill --- In xxcopy@y..., "Kenneth Ives" wrote: > Yes, that would work. As part of my DOS batch backup, the first step is to > run Doslfnbk, next run xxcopy, finally run Doslfnbk to perfom the > restoration of long filenames. > > > > Kenneth Ives mailto:kenaso@h... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Anderson [mailto:dan.anderson@s...] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 7:45 PM > To: xxcopy@y... > Subject: Re: [xxcopy] Copying a CD to the hard drive > > > > > I was still wondering about the question that John is asking. Does anyone > have any suggestions or confirmation? I haven't used doslfnbk but would > it solve the problem if a separate partition was reserved for the contents > of the data (ie. run doslfnbk against the contents of the CD and then run > doslfnbk restore in the partition after the data had been copied over to the > HD, and then run repeat the process later when going from the HD to the new > CD). I assume it has to be a stand-alone partition and not just a > directory within a partition that contains other data. > > > > ....Dan > > > > > > ========================== > > > > ----- Original Reply ----- > > From: Dan Anderson > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [xxcopy] Copying a CD to the hard drive > > > > > When a CD is involved, several people have mentioned the use of doslfnbk > > ($10 shareware I think) that would be used in conjunction with xxcopy > (eg. > > http://www8.pair.com/dmurdoch/programs/doslfnbk.htm). > > > > I understand that Kan, xxcopy's creator, is looking at modifications to > > xxcopy to more fully accommodate the use of CDs as a backup medium. > > > > ...Dan > > > > ================================== > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:14 AM > > Subject: [xxcopy] Copying a CD to the hard drive > > > > I want to copy the contents of a CD to my hard drive. The CD contains > about 50 MB of files. My goal is to take this CD and others and burn them to > a new CD. I want the copy to be an exact duplicate of the original. The > problem is the short file names are not duplicated on the HD. Using /CLONE, > I can get the ones with the single digit (eg: TESTAB~7.GIF) to duplicate. > But some of the original filenames have 3 digits (eg: TEST~123.GIF) and > these are changed to single digits when copying. > > Does anyone know of a way to make XXCOPY duplicate the original short name > when copying? Or is there another program that will create an exact copy of > my CD files. I just hate to use a full CD to copy just 50 MB. I normally > try to accumulate close to 600 MB of files on my HD before burning a new CD. > > John > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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