Re: [Freedos-user] XCOPY still acting up in Windows XP !!??(copyingto external hard drive)
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 MMDD * 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. Regards, MegaBrutal - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.
Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS directly from CD-ROM withoutinstalling on HD?
Create a bootable floppy disk. Use Nero to create a bootable CD Select the floppy as the source Burn the CD Or Create a bootable floppy disk. Use WinImage (or similar) to make an image of the floppy as an *.img file Save this file to disk Use Nero to create a bootable CD Select the image file as the source Burn the CD If you add cd-rom drivers to the floppy/or image, you can then access the rest of the CD If you use WinImage, you can expand the size of the saved image to 2.88MB floppy, you can then add every driver you want to the boot image. If you do this you must check expert functions in Nero and select 2.88 as the bootable image (I use this version and it works every time) Cheers Bob Dyster -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 October 2007 11:16 To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS directly from CD-ROM withoutinstalling on HD? Hello, I seem to have a problem running FreeDOS directly from the CD-ROM without installing it on the HD. There is what I do: 1) Boot from the FreeDOS boot CD I have previously burned. 2) Choose Install to HD using FreeDOS setup. 3) Choose language. 4) Choose Run FreeDOS from CD-ROM. - OOPS! This option shows up only when there is no partition on the HD. If there is one, this option doesn't show up and an option to format HD shows instead. But I don't want to format the HD, I'd just like to run FreeDOS from the CD. What am I to do to make FreeDOS show me Run FreeDOS from CD-ROM option in the menu...? Thanks a lot someone. Steve -- http://mail.atlas.cz/wapmail/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS directlyfromCD-ROMwithoutinstalling on HD?
Oops As I said, if you have Nero, burn a bootable CD but you MUST use the expert settings and select the 2.88 image, or it will not work -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dyster.Robert Sent: 09 October 2007 13:54 To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS directlyfromCD-ROMwithoutinstalling on HD? Hi Steve This is an installation .iso, just for installing onto a hard drive, I used an old HDD to install FreeDOS, then I could do anything with it. Try burning this- http://www.toxlab.co.uk\files\FreeDOS1-288-R3.IMA As I said, if you have Nero, burn a bootable CD but you MUST use the expert settings and select the 2.988 image, or it will not work Drag your other files onto the CD as normal Let me know how you get on Cheers Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 October 2007 13:17 To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS directly fromCD-ROMwithoutinstalling on HD? Hello Bob, Thanks for your response! To be exact, I have: 1) downloaded fdbasecd.iso 2) used MagicISO to add two files to its structure (it is the bios flash utility and new bios) 3) saved the fdbasecd.iso and burned it without any problems. What I don't understand is why FreeDOS offers me the Run FreeDOS from CD-ROM option only when there is no partition on the HD? Because I have installed Windows on my PC and so I cannot get rid of all partitions but still I would like to boot from the FreeDOS CD only and run the bios flash utility? Is it possible to accomplish this even on a PC with the system already installed...? Thanks, Steve - Od: Dyster.Robert Přijato: 9.10.2007 13:23:50 Předmět: Re: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS directly from CD-ROMwithoutinstalling on HD? Create a bootable floppy disk. Use Nero to create a bootable CD Select the floppy as the source Burn the CD Or Create a bootable floppy disk. Use WinImage (or similar) to make an image of the floppy as an *.img file Save this file to disk Use Nero to create a bootable CD Select the image file as the source Burn the CD If you add cd-rom drivers to the floppy/or image, you can then access the rest of the CD If you use WinImage, you can expand the size of the saved image to 2.88MB floppy, you can then add every driver you want to the boot image. If you do this you must check expert functions in Nero and select 2.88 as the bootable image (I use this version and it works every time) Cheers Bob Dyster -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 October 2007 11:16 To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Freedos-user] Running FreeDOS directly from CD-ROM withoutinstalling on HD? Hello, I seem to have a problem running FreeDOS directly from the CD-ROM without installing it on the HD. There is what I do: 1) Boot from the FreeDOS boot CD I have previously burned. 2) Choose Install to HD using FreeDOS setup. 3) Choose language. 4) Choose Run FreeDOS from CD-ROM. - OOPS! This option shows up only when there is no partition on the HD. If there is one, this option doesn't show up and an option to format HD shows instead. But I don't want to format the HD, I'd just like to run FreeDOS from the CD. What am I to do to make FreeDOS show me Run FreeDOS from CD-ROM option in the menu...? Thanks a lot someone. Steve -- http://mail.atlas.cz/wapmail/ --- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- http://mail.atlas.cz/wapmail/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events
Re: [Freedos-user] DESTROY version 2.3 file wiper for DOS
Hi there, The free version of KillDisk will wipe: Slack space Free clusters Deleted MTF entries Deleted root system records Unused space in the MFT Etc http://www.killdisk.com/downloads/killdisk.zip Cheers keep up the great work of FreeDOS Bob Dyster -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mateusz Viste Sent: 24 September 2007 19:45 To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] DESTROY version 2.3 file wiper for DOS Hi people! On Monday 24 September 2007 19:47, Alain M. wrote: Just a reminder: A much more simple wipe-before-delete can be acconplished with my version of XDEL, which is compatible with DrDOS's. Well, then I have to do some advertising too :-) You can as well use my little tool called DESTROY - http://mateusz.viste.free.fr/dos/en/destroy.htm I'd like to ask your opinion about the software. Do you think it's useful? Of course it's useful! By the way, bigger is the choice of tools, better will be FreeDOS. Thanks, I would like very much to have a progrmam like that that wipes a little more: 1) all unused area of the disk 2) the whole disk, something to use after a) booting freedos b) running format. That would ba a 100% secure way to wipe a disk befor giving it away I'm not sure that such things are really meant to be done by FreeDOS... FreeDOS is an operating system, not a massive destructor :-) You can use for example DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke), which is an open-source bootable CD giving many usefull option to unrecoverably erase hard drives. http://dban.sourceforge.net I use it each time I am selling an used computer, and it do the work very nicely. Regards, Mateusz Viste (Fox) - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
