xcopy

From: Dunner (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:17:19 -0700

Thanks,

I saw ROBOCOPY when I searched google. It looks like it
will save a heck of alot of time when I'm backing up my
files, I'll have a search for an XP version.Hopefully
when I get this all sorted I'll finally be able to re-
install windows and speed my machine back up, here's
hoping :-)

Thanks for your help

Dunner

>-----Original Message-----
>Am not aware of any file-number limitation on XCOPY,
have
>used it a lot without seeing that. However, for your
>purposes, you might look at ROBOCOPY, it has some
features
>that might help cut down on the actual number of files
>that you have to copy. It's on the NT4 Resource Disc,
>probably available (look on Google or the Microsoft
sites)
>for download somewhere.
>
>Good Luck !
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've created a batch file using xcopy to backup my
files
>>from my desktop computer to a Maxtor removeable drive.
>>Everything seems to be running OK but I was wondering
if
>>xcopy has an inbuilt limit as it seems to only copy
10288
>>files. Is this a limitation and if so is there an easy
>>way around it (i.e. not having to copy individual
folders
>>to cut down the file numbers)?
>>
>>Thanks for the help
>>
>>Dunner
>>.
>>
>.
>

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