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Number   :  558
Date     :  2001-08-08
Author   :  Dan Anderson
Subject  :  Re: making a safety copy with xxcopy
Size(KB) :  1


Walter, my understanding is that the windows swap file is a critical
temporary file when windows is running, but it really is just a temporary
file. For example, if you boot up under DOS and delete the swap file,
windows will simply recreate a new swap file the next time that Windows is
run. In fact, the swap file is recreated every time windows is run, so
don't worry about making a copy of the swap file.

...Dan

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----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Walraeve 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 9:00 AM
Subject: [xxcopy] making a safety copy with xxcopy


> hi !
>
> My harddisk has been partitioned as follows : a 4 MB C-disk and a 1.5 MB
D-disk.
>
> I intend to use the D-disk as a kind of backup medium for windows and a
few other important programs; when I need to reinstall windows,
> I thought of simply formatting drive C and xxcopying the old windows
start-installation from D.
>
> If I understand well this is easily done with xxcopy using the clone
argument. What will happen however with the windows swap file ? Without
this
> file windows won't work ... Is it also copied by the "clone" operation
?
>
> Thanks for an early answer !
>
>
> Walter
>
>
>
>
>
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