Try using Microsoft's RoboCopy from the Windows 2003 resource kit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/c/8ec3a7d8-05b4-440a-a71e-ca3 ee25fe057/rktools.exe
This is an amazing tool for copying files from a DOS box in Windows: Robocopy.exe Robust File Copy Utility Version XP010 Robocopy is a 32-bit command-line tool used for file replication. This tool helps maintain identical copies of a directory structure on a single computer or in separate network locations. Robocopy is included in the Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Resource Kit. Important Robocopy version XP010 requires Microsoft(r) Windows(r) Server 2003, Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP, Microsoft(r) Windows(r) 2000, or Microsoft(r) Windows NT(r) version 4.0. New Features in Robocopy Version XP010 Robocopy version XP010 includes a number of enhancements. For example, you can now do the following: * Copy Junctions - Volume Mount Points and Directory Links. By default these are copied as normal directories, as it may not be possible to create an equivalent Junction in the destination, especially if the source and destination reside on different machines. Copying a tree that contains a Volume Mount Point can result in unexpectedly large volumes of data being copied. Use /XJ if you would prefer Robocopy to skip Junctions. * Act on and modify more file attributes. In addition to support for the R, A, S, and H attributes: /XA and /IA now also accept and select on the following addition file attributes: C - Compressed files N - files Not content indexed E - Encrypted files T - Temporary files O - Offline files /A+ and /A- now also accept and modify the following additional attribute type: N - files Not content indexed T - Temporary files * Select files based on their Last Accessed Dates. /MAXLAD:n excludes files with a Last Access Date older than n. /MINLAD:n excludes files with a Last Access Date newer than n. If n < 1900, n is taken to be a time span in days. If n >= 1900, n must be a date in the form YYYYMMDD * Copy a new class of file : "Tweaked" files. Use /IT to include and process Tweaked files. A Tweaked file is defined to be one that exists in both the source and destination, with identical size and timestamp, but different attribute settings. Form more information see "Robocopy File Classes" later in this document. * Copy very long path names (longer that 256 characters). Previous versions of Robocopy would fail to copy any pathname longer than 256 characters. The program has now been enhanced to handle pathnames of any length, up to the internal Windows limit of nearlt 32,000 characters. Cheers Bob Dyster Regional Toxicology City Hospital Birmingham UK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LimeyDi Sent: 29 October 2007 20:38 To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] XCOPY still acting up in Windows XP !!??(copyingto external hard drive) Many thanks, I will give this a try. A reply from Di [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MegaBrutal Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 4:15 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] XCOPY still acting up in Windows XP !!??(copying to external hard drive) Hi LimeyDi, > Notice that in an attempt to figure this out I inserted underscores > between folder name words, but with or without these, I get either > "too many parameters" or "invalid path". A colleague suggested > inserting ~ after the 7th letter of a folder name (Backup\My_Docu~\ > for example) but that doesn't > work either. Any bright ideas??? and thank you! Parameters that contain long file names with spaces, should be indicated with quotation marks: XCOPY "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\*.*" "I:\Backup\My Documents\*.*" /s /h /d /r /y That should work. 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