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Number   :  3439
Date     :  2003-01-04
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: HELP!!! Major blunder!!! How to restore
Size(KB) :  2



The /RC operation is essentially a move operation. Therefore, it is not
a total loss at all. Depending on the original condition, you may
select exactly what you had earlier and restore the original condition.

Let me assume that before the operation, you did not have anything at
the \\congo\cdb_files\ directory with the corresponding files that
were overwritten by the action (but the inclusion of the /Y switch
suggests that you had reason to overwrite).

Anyway, based on the principle that a newly copied file (not
a file that was overwritten) always gets assigned with a fresh
Creation time, you can select the files that were moved by the
/RC operation. If the operation was done 3 hours ago, you can say this:


xxcopy \\Congo\cdb_files\*.cdb /ldtzl/s/h/da#3h/fc

The /FC modifies the selection of the timestamp from the
otherwise-default LastWrite timestamp to the Creation timestamp.

This is just a starter. It lists the files that were created
at the location within 3 hours. A more serious one is;

xxcopy \\Congo\cdb_files\*.cdb g:\client\ /s/h/da#3h/fc

This will copy back the files to their original locations.
If you add /RCY/PD0 it will not only copy the file back to the
original location, but also delete from the current location
(closer to restoring the original condition).

One thing you cannot undo from your mistake is to recover the
files that were overwritten in the first place.

Kan Yabumoto
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At 2003-01-03 17:08, you wrote:


>Here it is:
>
>XXCOPY "G:\Client\*.cdb" "\\Congo\CDB_Files\" /E /C /F /H /R /K /Y /
>V /I /RCY /ED /PD0
>
>The killer was RCY. %^&*() Why the &^*() didn't i see it. Agghhh.
>The deal is that i had user's working while this was in process.
>moreover, many of the files are three and for folders deep. what a %
>^&*() mess!
>
>suggestions?
>
>
>
>--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Gabe Fineman"  wrote:
> > Stay calm.
> > If you copied the files, you can always copy them back.
> > Please post the command you used (if you can remember it). This
>will help the people here to understand what you did and the option
>switches you used.
> >
> > 0Gabe Fineman
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: groksterthief 
> > [mailto:groksterthief@y...]
> > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 5:50 PM
> > To: xxcopy@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [xxcopy] HELP!!! Major blunder!!! How to restore files
>back to
> > their directory??
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > Thought I was copying 7gigs of files from a location. As it turned
> > out, I copied them but also DELETED them from their original
>source.
> > I didn't want to do that. How can I put these back safely?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> >
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