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Number : 5224 Date : 2003-08-07 Author : niteowl Subject : Re: new user question Size(KB) : 4
Thank you, and sorry about not including the OS, I use Win98se. each time I have run xxcopy, it goes by so fast and then the window it runs in disappears, so how can I see if it copied everything or not? Is there a log file somewhere? thanks, niteowl At 09:48 PM 8/6/03,You shared with me these great words of wisdom: >--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, niteowl wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have just installed and run xxcopy (the free version) and >> have a question concerning using the backup. >> >> My goal is to have a backup of my C: drive, specifically the >> windows folder, that I can simply copy back to the a clean C: >> drive in the event of a crash that necessitates either >> deleting the windows folder or formatting and starting over. >> >> Since XXCopy won't work in DOS because of LFN's, that means >> I would have to reinstall windows. My systems are all setup >> with only "windows" on the C: drive, all other programs are >> installed to the D: drive. Of course most programs write files >> to windows\system folder and to the registry, so ..... >> my question is: if after I either delete the windows folder or >> reinstall windows and copy the backup over the new installation, >> will everything then be as it was before the crash? Will the >> registry entries be overwritten as well as all system files? >> >> I do not want to copy the entire drive using programs like Ghost >> or whatever because I may not want the same size partition, I >> just want to be able to copy the files back to the drive and >> have it work. >> >> Is this program going to do what I want? > >You don't say which OS or file system you are using so it's hard >to be specific. The most direct method is to carry out the backup >in a few steps. > >Step 1. From windows, copy the required directories to the backup >drive e.g. xxcopy c:\ d:\backup\ /clone > >Note whether there were any files that weren't able to be copied. >These would typically be registry files which are opened for >exclusive use by the OS and can't readily be copied while the OS is >active. If you have these, proceed to step 2. > >Step 2. Boot to DOS using a DOS boot disk or dual boot or W98 boot to >DOS option. Copy the previously locked files using xxcopy16 e.g. >xxcopy16 c:\ d:\backup\ /backup >Since the xxcopy in step 1 preserves short file names, this command >should only copy those files which are new or different i.e. those >that weren't copied in Step 1. Also, since the files which were >locked will almost invariably have 8.3 names no further fixup should >be required. > >Of course the above step requires that you can read both disks and >write to the destination from DOS which you couldn't do if they are >NTFS unless you have a DOS NTFS driver. It also requires that the >paths to the locked files aren't too long for DOS to handle. This >might be a problem for some W2k/XP registry files although you can >work around this using SUBST. > >Step 3. If you are concerned that Long File Names might have been >lost in Step 2, you can carry out a LFN fixup. Boot back to windows >then run: >xxcopy c:\ d:\backup\ /nl/s/h > >There other ways to do what you want but they are OS specific. If you >are using W98, take a look at http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy10.htm >which includes more detail on the steps above. > >If you can't get the above to work, post back with more details. > >When it comes to restoring windows, you would simply carry out step 2 >in reverse. Since the essential windows files are 8.3, you should be >able to restore enough of these files to be able to boot into >windows. Once you can get windows running, you carry out Step 3 in >reverse to fix up the LFNs. If worst came to worst, you could re- >install windows so that you could make it bootable, then carry out >Steps 1 - 3 in reverse to restore your backed up setup. > >Regarding using Ghost, if you copy the partition to an image file, >you can restore that image to any size partition provided it is large >enough for the files to fit. It is only when you create a complete >disk image that the partition size is fixed. > >Garry > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe eMail to: >Or to post a message, send eMail to >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ "You can't change the surf, but you can learn to ride the waves!" % % (@)(@) () V () ((( ))) (((( )))) ((( ))) --#---#-- NITEOWL
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