Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
Hello Rick, Friday, January 18, 2008, 10:47:47 AM, you wrote: > I liked it when it was free, and "basically" never use either... > Maybe I got one of their "ten user licenses" "for a beta" deals... > I never knew I was pushing a "paid" product... > I do it the way JoeU eventually got around to, a partition copy > or a drive copy with an "Imaging" program that can re-size > at the same time... (Currently Acronis.) > Rick Glazier I mainly use the xcopy for emergency backups. If I know my friend Wavijo I probably have xxcopy disc'd somewhere, so I will definitely use that down the road if I can't get an image or something. Like Lopaka suggested I just reduced the size of my partitions, which wasn't a problem since I had plenty of free space and then I use Drive Image to copy them over. I know that I have Acronis here, but I have always used DI and PM from powerquest and now Symantec and until they screw it up really bad (frack MS .net but eh...) I'm O.K. with it. I was just going to whack out the 98 partition anyway if push came to shove, I don't use this system to game on anymore, in fact - this is my 4th generation game system. That is, I have three other system that have been or are being used for games. So, losing 98 wasn't the end of the world. Weird thing though on this system, when it goes into DOS mode (full screen) this includes when it BSOD's - my screen just stays powered but it's blank and the refresh rate is weird as hell... 31kHz/69Hz normally (like right now in windows) it's 91kHz/85Hz. However, on other systems I can full screen my DOS window and it displays fine with a 31kHz/70Hz. I can't figure this out... -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
I liked it when it was free, and "basically" never use either... Maybe I got one of their "ten user licenses" "for a beta" deals... I never knew I was pushing a "paid" product... I do it the way JoeU eventually got around to, a partition copy or a drive copy with an "Imaging" program that can re-size at the same time... (Currently Acronis.) Rick Glazier From: "Thane Sherrington" And xxcopy has a lot of features that xcopy doesn't. Well worth the price.
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
Hello Rick, Friday, January 18, 2008, 6:15:31 AM, you wrote: > FWIW, look into XXcopy next time... > And the long filename problem "active users" sometimes have with Xcopy. > 8.3 conversions are done "on the fly" (with Xcopy) , and that can later cause > "internal" path problems in certain cases... I had no idea, thanks for the heads up. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
At 12:07 PM 18/01/2008, Wayne Johnson wrote: At 10:36 AM 1/18/2008, Joe User typed: I had no idea, thanks for the heads up. Rick & I have a playful war over xcopy vs xxcopy but in all honesty xxcopy helps when you have multiple sub-folders under Program Files that start out with the same name like Microsoft this or that or Norton this or that as their short file names & paths could get twixed up with the plain old xcopy. XXcopy keeps the short file names & paths straight. And xxcopy has a lot of features that xcopy doesn't. Well worth the price. T
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
I guess I've brought Wayne back from the dark side... (Just kidding, but every time xcopy comes up, I "pop-up" this same warning... It is a YMMV type thing, and some people NEVER have this problem.) What happens is: (and this can happen anywhere), First you have 123456~1.exe and 123456~2.exe You uninstall the long version of 123456~1.exe (So that is no longer "in use"...) Then you do an xcopy. 123456~2.exe BECOMES the short filename 123456~1.exe Internally, Windoze sometimes uses short filenames. Some older programs also rely on them. (Ever remember getting an "odd looking" error message about a short file name path being gone/lost . That is the simple version... Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [H] I'm losin' it... At 10:36 AM 1/18/2008, Joe User typed: I had no idea, thanks for the heads up. Rick & I have a playful war over xcopy vs xxcopy but in all honesty xxcopy helps when you have multiple sub-folders under Program Files that start out with the same name like Microsoft this or that or Norton this or that as their short file names & paths could get twixed up with the plain old xcopy. XXcopy keeps the short file names & paths straight. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
FWIW, look into XXcopy next time... And the long filename problem "active users" sometimes have with Xcopy. 8.3 conversions are done "on the fly" (with Xcopy) , and that can later cause "internal" path problems in certain cases... Rick Glazier From: "Joe User" That did the trick. Up and running on the new drive.
