-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Perry <[log in to unmask]>


>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??

At the risk of repeating what David, I, and many others have already
said.....
NO  you will NOT get a "perfect copy".




>
>>> 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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