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Number   :  2760
Date     :  2002-09-07
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: /CLONE switch and /SC switch
Size(KB) :  1



Transferring the security info can be done by /SC (copy)
or /SF (fixup). We have discovered some minor bugs in the
current version with these switches. The current beta test
version (available at http://www.xxcopy.com/betatest/)
works better with /SC and /SF.

Yes. You can use /CLONE /SC as a combination.
(If you say /CLONE /SF, no files will be copied but
the security info of existing files/directories will
be tranferred).

The beta test version also removed the 4GB/file barrier
which existed in earlier XXCOPY (which was conforming
to the FAT (Win9X) limit on the file size.

Currently, there is no straightforward way to clone
the entire system disk of NT/2K/XP using XXCOPY. The
best way to handle such a case was proposed by rotaiv
who is one of the most experienced network administrator
in this group.

His proposal is to install a second (minimum) installation
of the WinNT/2K/XP system on a different system directory
(preferably on a different volume) and boot up into the
second set of the OS which allows the access of certain
key system files (mostly in the \system32\config\ directory)
by applications (such as XXCOPY).

Kan Yabumoto
=========================================================
At 2002-09-07 00:15, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a Windows 2000 installation and I am upgrading to a bigger
>hard disk.
>
>This is what I plan to do:
>
>1. Create a new NTFS partition on the new hard disk and attach it as
>D: drive to my computer.
>
>2. Boot into C: drive Windows 2000. From DOS window, clone all files
>(with security descriptors) from C: NTFS partition to D: partition.
>
>3. Remove old hard disk and configure new hard disk as C:.
>
>Would this work? There are no other hardware changes?
>
>AND: can the /CLONE switch be used together with the /SC switch?
>
>
>Thanks.
>
>Victor.



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