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Solve : Is there a way to BackUp Hard Drive with DOS Commands, to External HD?? |
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Answer» Is there a WAY to BackUp an Entire Hard Drive with DOS Commands, to external Hard Drive ?. Like copy C:\*.* a: or something like that. Well, yes and no. Like copy C:\*.* a: strangely, that would actually work in a lot of cases. on the other hand- only the root directory files will be copied.Quote strangely, that would actually work in a lot of cases.Yeah, he would need Xcopy. Is Xcopy still there? Amway, back to the original quest. Quote You use scripts or batch files to run unattended backups at a command prompt on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer. The scripts and batch files use the ntbackup command. If the backups require more than one backup media to COMPLETE, the command may not prompt you to change the media when the media becomes full.Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908069 Never change media? WOW! with that he would not need the 75 floppies! Boy was I wrong! I had no idea! Would also need exclusive access to all data on C: drive otherwise file in use issues will occur. So it would have to be done from DOS level without Windows Running, and most likely they will need NTFS drive support at the DOS level too unless they have an odd setup with FAT32....Its easiest to use a IMAGING utility like the free one linked earlier.Quote from: DaveLembke on January 09, 2009, 02:26:10 PM unless they have an odd setup with FAT32 who are you calling odd? |
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