how to copy entire cd in dos...

[Endymion]

anyone have any ideas? i need to copy something from a cd to a hard drive in another system, but can't remember how to do it in dos...

*.* does not copy folders

 

[Pederv]

xcopy e:\*.* c: /e

type xcopy/? for a list of switches but the line above copys dirrectories including empty ones.

 

[Endymion]

can't use xcopy, it is not one of the commands that is on the boot disk...

 

[corkyg]

can't use xcopy, it is not one of the commands that is on the boot disk.

No problem! It is in \Windows\Command . . . . just copy it to the boot disk. Both XCOPY.EXE and XCOPY32.EXE are there. I would use the latter.

 

[Pederv]

I usually do a:
copy c:\windows\command\xcopy*.* a:\*.* because there's that xcopy32.mod file also.

The Windows startup disk doesn't have all the tools I like so I modify the one Windows makes, there's enough room to add a few additional tools.

 

[Damascus]

Does xcopy transfer over long filenames as well?

 

[Zepper]

I don't think xcopy32 will run under DOS. Long file names are NOT preserved when using the DOS xcopy.
.bh.

 

[Woody419]

A great DOS utility is Volkov Commander. The interface is just like the old Norton Commander, but it does not have the memory limitations. Version 5 (4.99.08) is still in beta, is free, and copies long file names in DOS. I use Version 4 which fits on a startup floppy, and it looks like v5 is the same size, though I have not tried it yet. Load High a generic mouse driver and you can have big fun. The program can also be run from the keyboard.