I have a laptop running Windows 8 that won't boot.  I am trying to copy all the subdirectories under games to an external hard drive to save them.  They are all in d:\program files (x86)\games.  I can GET to the command prompt but that is all I can do.

I need the DOS command to copy all of the subdirectories to drive H, my external hard drive.  I've tried all the commands but none have worked.  Can someone help me with this issue?

Thanks.

PatWhat commands have you tried? What kind of command prompt is this?
I've tried:  d:\program files (x86)\games>robocopy games h:\
d:\program files (x86)\games>robocopy d:\program files (x86)\games h:\
plus several others but I can't seem to find the right COMBINATION to copy the entire directory of games plus the subdirectories to the external hard drive.
You do realise these games are not gonna run after being moved...correct ?Yes, I realize that they won't be playable, at least most of them but that's okay---I just want to move them to the hard drive.

OK...So can you help me with the right command to do this?
You can boot up a Linux live cdrom/usb and USE the GUI file manager to copy the folders.

If you have ACCESS to robocopy then try this: (I'm not sure how you are accessing the drive)

Code: [Select]robocopy "d:\program files (x86)\games" "h:\games-backup" /mir
Don't just use h:\ because it will wipe the rest of the h: drive too if you specify the root directory.Thanks but this command didn't work!   

I'm still working on it.

Pat

Quote from: patetc on September 21, 2014, 04:22:57 PM

Thanks but this command didn't work!