So, if I try to copy the contents of a hard drive in a dos window I will
get a perfect copy of the hard drive??

>> Jim, does that mean that XCOPY, under the Dos environment, will make a
>> perfect copy of the Hard drive?
>
>  NO.
>
>  It means that xcopy under "a true DOS environment" trashed long
>filenames.
>
>
>David G
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