I used to use this method with Windows 95 but I was told that it wouldn't work 100% with Win 98 so I never tried. Since then I use Ghost and it is all around better and it gets EVERYTHING copied. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Jim Myers wrote: > > John, does this really work? I always used xcopy to clone a hard drive until > Windows 95, then it would not work for me, long file names and all that > fancy stuff. I haven't tried it since I found it would no longer work. Has > xcopy been upgraded? > Jim Myers > jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Zaborniak" <jzaborniak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:46 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Ghost 2001 users? > > Hi Clint, > > If your plan is to duplicate your existing HD, I have been using this > method for a number of years. > > HARD-DRIVE Duplicate Copy Command > > The command below will copy all the files off the old hard drive and put > them on the new one. > xcopy /h /i /c /k /e /r /y c:\*.* d:\ > > ( 1 ) Put your second hard drive in as a slave after it's been fdisked > and formatted. > > ( 2 ) From the Win95 or Win98 Command interface, click Start button and > then on > Run. Then type the following: xcopy /h /i /c /k /e /r /y c:\*.* > d:\ > > This command will only work when the full operating system is up. You > cannot boot bare and run this command successfully. The above command > will make a perfect copy of your entire hard drive to a second drive, no > special weird utilities needed. I've been using this command for years > to dupe drives, works like a charm. > > Regards, > > John > > "OrpheusComputing.com Repair" wrote: > > > Has anyone here every used Norton Ghost 2001 to back up and > > HD and restore it? > > -Clint > > > > God Bless Us All & > > Happy New Year > > Clint Hamilton, Owner > > http://OrpheusComputing.com > > http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com > > sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fax: 209-882-9602 > > TechAssist Administration > > http://tech-assist.org > > techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 4orpheus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (alternates) > > orpheuscomputing@xxxxxxxxx > > (PLEASE include our previous correspondence > > if replying to this email!!) > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > ------------------------------------------ > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > ------------------------------------------ > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ------------------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > ------------------------------------------ > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ------------------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT field to the address above. -- Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------ Help make your TechAssist database better! Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips ------------------------------------------ To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the SUBJECT field to the address above.