Re: Will XP Backup copy files Uncompressed to another disk?


"Mel_3" <Mel3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Downloaded Robocopy as part of the Resources Kit Tools... but can't find a
direct link to Robocopy GUI... TechNet takes me to a screen showing 2008,
2008, 2006, when I try to find the download... maybe you can use the site
better than me and help me find a link to the actual GUI download.

You should be able to download RoboCopy GUI using this link:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/UtilitySpotlight2006_11.exe
Keep in mind that you must have Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0
installed prior to installing RoboCopy GUI.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell




Thanks for the help Pegasus.

Mel_3

PS - Never did find out if the standard XP backup program would only
backup
to compressed format... or if it would let you backup 'uncompressed'
files.


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

Yes.

"Mel_3" <Mel3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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robocopy is a free Microsoft utility ?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

ntbackup.exe supports file+path lengths of up to around 32,000
characters, but so does robocopy.exe Version XP010, which is
far easier to use than ntbackup.exe. You can download it from
the Microsoft site.

You should refrain from having such long file/folder names and
place your information into the files themselves.

Note that the preferred method for cloning a disk is, well, a
cloning tool. Most disk manufacturers make them available on
their web site free of charge.


"Mel_3" <Mel3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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- If file names are to long Windows pops up a window and tells me
"file
name
to long" or some such... I click OK and the copy stops.
- At this point some of the files have copied and some have not...
- There is no way to tell where to "resume" the copy.
- There is no way to tell which file name is to long.
- With thousands of files and folders a search is virtually
impossible.
- It could be a combination of path+file name but it doesn't
matter...
we
have the files on a disk and need to move them to another disk...
60GB
worth
:)
- And we want to find a backup utility that will backup complete
folder/directory structures or hard disk without compressing the
files.

My question is this... Will the Windows XP backup program allow me
to
backup
(or recover) files without compressing them?

Thanks for any help.



"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Mel_3" <Mel3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm need to move 60 GB of files from one disk to another.

The copy command bombs when file names are to long and it takes
forever
to
find them all and correct the problem.

I had a 3rd party backup program but it was on the hard disk that
died
and
the vendor won't respond so I can reinstall it on a new disk to
recover
the
data.

The files are not compressed... just 60GB's of files.

Never used the XP backup program... will it let you do a backup
(copy,
move,
recover, etc) without compressing the files?

What alternatives may exist for moving uncompressed files without
having
to
worry about file name length?

Thanks for any help.


Can you be a little more specific and explain what exactly you
mean with "The copy command bombs"?











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