Eric Greenberg wrote:

> My thought is that since this swap file is constantly updated by Windows, it is
> probably impossible to copy because it is in use all the time.  OTOH, just the
> fact that I was in Windows 98 at a DOS prompt when running xcopy32 means that I
> also had plenty of other files loaded at the same time.  They all copied
> perfectly (without respect to location on the new drive, of course).
> I agree.  I know I for one have learned something I didn't know before that
> save me about a bag of time.  But I guess that's why we're here!!
>
Along the same lines.....

Are there any files (temp or otherwise) that you would recommend
deleting BEFORE using xcopy so you don't copy a lot of trash to the new
drive?

John

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