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Number   :  563
Date     :  2001-08-09
Author   :  Dan Anderson
Subject  :  Re: The CLONE switch - accessing System directory under WinNT
Size(KB) :  2


Mike, I'll need to defer to others who are more knowledgeable with systems
that are supposedly not DOS-based, but even with WinNT and Win2K I would
have thought the Systems directory would be accessible if you boot from a
floppy into a 'pure' DOS session and not, if its applicable, some sort of
pseudo-DOS while WinNT and Win2K are still running.

Maybe the additional clues will lead to some further suggestions from
others.

Another quick thought is that if the dual boot is controlled by WinNT and
Win2K then they are probably running in the background even when you boot to
the c-drive DOS. The answer then might be the floppy boot to a 'pure' DOS
session, and then run xxcopy?

Regards,

...Dan

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----- Original Message -----
From: Mike & Sharon Richardson 
To: xxcopy group 
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: [xxcopy] The CLONE switch


> This is in reply to Dan Anderson (message 547 which I seem to have
> lost.)
>
> I had intended to send this yesterday, but other things got in
> the way.
>
> In answer to your questions:
>
> 1. Win NT4 (which I had before) and Win 2K both allow for dual
> booting. I installed DOS on the 'C' drive - in fact it was there
> already - and installed Win NT on the 'D', the install (NT and 2K)
> took that into account and built the dual boot.
>
> 2. The message says, "Windows 2000 could not start because the
> following file is missing or corrupt:
>
> D:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
>
> (the name of the file is SYSTEM - there is no extension.)
> Additional research tells me I can't copy that file. I get a
> 'sharing conflict' when I try to just copy it. I feel certain
> xxcopy has the same problem. So that's the issue. I am not aware
> of a switch in xxcopy to bypass the 'sharing conflict.' Probably
> because I haven't tried using xxcopy for very long.
>
> 3. The new drive was an new, out-of-the-box drive, I didn't
> think Scandisk was necessary.
>
> 4. The 'C' drive is FAT16, the rest are NTFS in both the old
> config and the new. What is the 'C' drive in the new configu-
> ration is FAT16 and the rest are NTFS also.
>
> 5. Dual boot is as in 1. It works, it's after the boot selection
> that I have problems - the actual loading of Win 2K. Boot to DOS
> works just fine.
>
> Thanks for the interest.
>
> Mike Richardson
>
>
>
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