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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:52:38 -0700
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Yep...
note the "XCOPY", not "XCOPY32" in the quoted message below.

>
> X-no-Archive:yes
> Nope, XCOPY32 will carry the long filenames, AFAIK.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
> HICOMP America, Inc.
> (800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
> denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sieler [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 1998 7:12 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: OFF TOPIC: New Disk Drive In WinTel PC
>
> Re:
>
> > >I would have suggested the XCOPY and SYS method, but Costas preceded
> > >me by a few days.  That is an excellent method and if you are only going=
>
> AFAIK, that will lose long file names.  There are a couple of DOS utilities
> around  that will copy files and preserve the long file names (Or, in one
> case, will create a file containing just the mapping of long <-> short
> filenames, which you then re-apply later ... it's called DOSLFNBK,
> and is available on the net somewhere (STFW :))
>
> Also, check out the current (?) PC magazine for a related utility, possibly.
>
> --
> Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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>
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