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xxcopy did not rename short 8.3 names to Win longnames



 
 
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Old June 24th 03, 10:00 PM
RNelson
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Default xxcopy did not rename short 8.3 names to Win longnames

Trying to use xxcopy and xxcopy16 to backup a
fresh Win98se installation. When I tried to restore it
back my files did not get renamed to Win longnames.

My steps were...

From Win98, ran xxcopy c: d: /clone
where "d" is on the same drive as "c".

From Win98, moved files to another
PC over home network. Burned a
CD with these files.

Reformatted "C".

From Win98 startup disk, used xxcopy16
to copy files back to "C". Used the command...
a:\xxcopy16 f: c: /clone

A majority of the files copied over fine but
got "insufficient memory" error. Messages on the
net says this is standard.

Ran above xxcopy16 command again. This time
the remainder of the files copied over.

Booted into Win98se. Because the filename were
8.3 length I could not located dos window from program
files so from "run" I did the command:
a:\xxcopy f: c: /nl /s

A dos window popped up and the messages implied
filename is the same.

After running, rebooted. Win98se still has short name.

Questions...
1. Is the above valid. Can you "clone" from C to D on the
same drive?
2. Are these copied files to CD okay to use with xxcopy?
3. How does xxcopy with the /nl and /s options know how
to rename 8.3 files to long filenames?

Thanks for any help...

Randy


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Old June 24th 03, 11:33 PM
Gary Tait
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:00:22 GMT, "RNelson"
wrote:

Trying to use xxcopy and xxcopy16 to backup a
fresh Win98se installation. When I tried to restore it
back my files did not get renamed to Win longnames.

My steps were...

From Win98, ran xxcopy c: d: /clone
where "d" is on the same drive as "c".

From Win98, moved files to another
PC over home network. Burned a
CD with these files.

Reformatted "C".

From Win98 startup disk, used xxcopy16
to copy files back to "C". Used the command...
a:\xxcopy16 f: c: /clone

A majority of the files copied over fine but
got "insufficient memory" error. Messages on the
net says this is standard.

Ran above xxcopy16 command again. This time
the remainder of the files copied over.

Booted into Win98se. Because the filename were
8.3 length I could not located dos window from program
files so from "run" I did the command:
a:\xxcopy f: c: /nl /s

A dos window popped up and the messages implied
filename is the same.

After running, rebooted. Win98se still has short name.

Questions...
1. Is the above valid. Can you "clone" from C to D on the
same drive?
2. Are these copied files to CD okay to use with xxcopy?
3. How does xxcopy with the /nl and /s options know how
to rename 8.3 files to long filenames?

Thanks for any help...

Randy


put the source and destination drive parameters in quotes.

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Old June 25th 03, 12:09 AM
Rod Speed
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RNelson wrote in message
om...

Trying to use xxcopy and xxcopy16 to backup a
fresh Win98se installation. When I tried to restore it
back my files did not get renamed to Win longnames.


My steps were...


From Win98, ran xxcopy c: d: /clone
where "d" is on the same drive as "c".


From Win98, moved files to another
PC over home network. Burned a
CD with these files.


Thats likely where you went wrong, burning them on CD.
The name stuff is quite different on CD and a hard drive.

Try using winzip and put the zip file on CD instead.
Create a self extracting exe and hopefully you can
run that when restoring it.

Reformatted "C".


From Win98 startup disk, used xxcopy16
to copy files back to "C". Used the command...
a:\xxcopy16 f: c: /clone


A majority of the files copied over fine but
got "insufficient memory" error. Messages on the
net says this is standard.


Ran above xxcopy16 command again. This
time the remainder of the files copied over.


Booted into Win98se. Because the filename were
8.3 length I could not located dos window from program
files so from "run" I did the command:
a:\xxcopy f: c: /nl /s


A dos window popped up and the messages implied
filename is the same.


After running, rebooted. Win98se still has short name.


Questions...
1. Is the above valid.


Probably not the use of the CD.

Can you "clone" from C to D on the same drive?


Yep. You cant necessarily boot the D partition tho,
because it wouldnt normally be an active primary
dos partition and SE wont boot from that.

2. Are these copied files to CD okay to use with xxcopy?


Really depends on how deep the folder trees are
and how long the long folder and file names are.

3. How does xxcopy with the /nl and /s options
know how to rename 8.3 files to long filenames?


Dunno.

Thanks for any help...


Kan, the author, should show up and comment,
he appears to run a scan for xxcopy over usenet.



 




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