I've done xcopy about 45 times now. No problem has been reported yet. But
after I read the risk, I do agree that after xcopy, a full check should be
done to ensure everything is ok (that is what I always do). I'll not recommand
to do xcopy, but I don't agree the "unsafe for all" issue. At least, under
careful check and plan, xcopy is safe.

J Qian

Earl Truss wrote:

> At 04:46 PM 6/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >The possibility of loosing data using defrag due to a power failure
> >without a UPS is greater than having xcopy cause a problem. And yet I
>
> Do you have any statistics to support this claim?  I've never seen a power
> failure while using defrag but I HAVE seen this problem with using XCOPY
> more than once.

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