I use this process daily as a "backup" to a second hard drive and also do it
to copy from my master hard drive to client boxes that I build. It will copy
all files except swap file if there are no programs open expect explorer and
systray (use CAD to check). If any other program is open, then it may or may
not copy a certain file. e.g. MSPhone, when open will not copy its phone
log, exchange.pst will not copy if program is open, etc.

Daniel Wysocki
Twin*.*Star Computers
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Delzer <[log in to unmask]>


>Ok, I've tried this twice now, last week and again just now, and the
>results were the same each time. Using xcopy (with the usual 'richkey'
>switches) within a Win98 DOS Window, __every__ file is copied from C: to
>the destination drive, except for the swap file. I currently have twelve
>open apps on my task bar, and about a dozen small utilities running that
>have icons in the system tray. Obviously, open files get copied just
>fine.
>
>
>Can someone else give this a try and tell us what happens? I've included
>my DOS command(s) below, just so we're clear on what I did to achieve
>this success.
>
>Jim Meagher wrote:
>>
>> In a word, no.
>>
>> You will only get long file names if you execute from within a DOS
window.
>> But because you are still within the Windows environment, there are lots
>> of files open and/or uncopy-able (?).
>>
>> Jim Meagher
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Perry <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> >Jim, does that mean that XCOPY, under the Dos environment, will make a
>> >perfect copy of the Hard drive?
>
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