On 21 May 2001, at 12:30, Larry Fisk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I use the xcopy command from within windows 9x
> with the "richkey" switches to copy harddrives.
>
> for example to make an exact copy of drive C to new drive D
> the command would be -      xcopy c:\ d:\ /r/i/c/h/k/e/y
> This copies all files whether they are in use, read only or whatever.
> you may have to make the new drive partition active after
> the copy if it doesn't boot, but the new drive usually just boots normally.
> On your 8.4 gig drive it should copy the drive within 30 minutes or so It
> goes faster if you dump your temp files (windows and temp. internet)
>   recycle bin, etc.

Many thanks,

But I heard that there are problems with the short filename (SFN)
assignments when doing the cloning this way. The SFNs of various files on
the new HD may not be the same as the SFNs on the older HD causing
problems when the registry entries or some files refer to files with their
SFNs.

Uzi

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