Re: Utility to copy files

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From: David Candy (.)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 07:05:28 +1100

Xcopy. It can contimue on error. 

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"Larz" <Larz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:567D29E5-58AA-43B8-8662-AAEC3A97FA11@microsoft.com...
>i am looking for a utility, free preferrably, to copy files from an internal 
> hard drive to an external hard drive for backup purposes.  this utility must 
> be able to copy the files even if they are locked or open.  i have tried the 
> win explorer and also robocopy via command prompt and it will stop the 
> copying process at that point.
> 
> thanks for any suggestions!

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