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Number   :  4464
Date     :  2003-04-27
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: Many Copy Failures
Size(KB) :  2


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "jim_66666"  wrote:
> Both myself and my W98 friend are copying from Fat 32 to Fat 32. 
> 
> Also, my friend has now tried to use XXCopy on a XP home
> system and also got many (100+ ?) failures that were
> persistent. I know the source was NTFS, but I don't
> know about the target. I'll check to see if he was
> copying from NTFS and FAT. 

I can't really think of any reason for this other than some 
application keeping 100's of files open which doesn't seem highly 
likely. It is possible however as this post regarding "paperport" 
attests http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/message/1912. I also 
vaguely recall a user having problems with files which were being 
displayed with thumbnails in explorer - the underlying application 
(media player?) kept the files open while displaying the thumbnails. 
The only other possibility that comes to mind is a cyclic copy (the 
source includes the destination) such as "xxcopy c:\ 
c:\backup\ /clone" (the /CCY switch will fix that). How about posting 
the actual command you are using and an edited list of the errors and 
xxcopy summary you are getting. There might be something that is 
apparent to some of the regulars here. You can use /oNc:\xxcopy.log 
to create a log file of the xxcopy results then edit that to show us 
what's happening. Also, make sure that you aren't running other 
applications at the time including explorer and anti-virus software.

> Thank for your other remarks about the about the locked
> files. That's what I thought was happening, it's just
> that something in the literature led me to believe XXCopy
> could (using clone) make an entire bootable copy -- at
> least it would do this in W98 if not XP. Apparently it
> can't do this.

Yes Xxcopy can copy the files to make a bootable disk for W98 but not 
for XP. Kan is working on this rather intractible problem so he may 
come up with something in the future (see 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/message/4142). For the procedure 
for creating a bootable W98 clone see http://xxcopy.com/xxcopy10.htm.

> PS Is there a way to stop these messages from shattering 
> (inappropriate line breaks)? They look fine in preview
> but shatter when posted. What does preview mean if it
> isn't what it looks like posted?

Yes it is a pain.

Garry



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