[doogdoog]

Aloha,
I want to copy everything (hidden files, folders, subdirectories, all files) from my c: to d: drive using the xcopy command. I think I used it a long, long, time ago before windows and was thinking of using it again. Will this work for everything on my hdd or do I have to add or remove some switches? TIA
1) xcopy c: d: /i/s/e/t/k/h

Mahalo,
doogdoog

[Alex Ethridge]

My experience is that it will not get absolutely everything. There are some system files that are in use and cannot be copied while they are hooked into memory; however, if you are not attempting to create a cloned copy of the drive that would run as an OS when copied to an active partition (drive C), you should be okay.

To see all the switches (modifiers) for XCopy, open a DOS box and type XCopy /? and press enter.

[doogdoog]

Aloha,
Thanks for the reply Alex, and "that would run as an OS when copied to an active partition (drive C), you should be okay." if I did xcopy everything to a new hdd that was partitioned and made active, do you mean that the OS would work? I always used a install cd so I was just wondering. TIA

Mahalo,
doogdoog

[Alex Ethridge]

It will NOT.

[blaqDeaph]

Nope. It won't work because you havent copied over any boot information. xcopy will get all the files, but it won't touch the boot sector or the file system.