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wtilghma@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu (wtilghma) wrote:

>> From Windows95, start an MS-DOS session and type:

>> XCOPY C:\ D:\ /E /H /K

>In order to avoid having to open up the case and change jumpers *after*
>installing the new drive, you might want to try completing the hardware
>installation first, then booting from a floppy to do all of the setup and
>data transfer.  I know I did this successfully last year, but I'm still
>depending on my memory here (others please correct me as necessary):

Before anybody tries this.. STOP!!!!!!

The reason my procedure swaps the drives AFTER copying is that you
*CAN'T* do it the other way round.

XCOPY has a sister program, XCOPY32, which will ONLY run from an
MS-DOS prompt within Win95.  Or at least, I've never found a way of
running from a command line without starting the GUI.  If I'm wrong
I'd like to know how it's done.

XCOPY32 is used automatically if you execute XCOPY from within Win95,
otherwise the normal DOS version is used.  The normal version, in
addition to not copying long file names, doesn't support the /H and /K
switches which are needed to copy the hidden files in a Win95 system
and keep all the file attributes intact.

Cheers,
       >iv< Paul >iv<

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