Long filenames will be preserved no matter which DOS command you use (XCOPY, XCOPY32, COPY, MOVE etc.), so long as it is from a DOS *window* and not in DOS mode and so long as you use DOS commands that where included with the Windows95 installation.
As for the problems Jim Philips ran into after XCOPYing the disks, all I can say is "that's strange" ?! Sorry Jim, I didn't mean to prolong your agony but the XCOPY approach does/should/has work(ed) .... and so if you haven't had enough help already :)) ... read on. I have a number of questions for you. Apologies if these are obvious, no offense taken if they are not answered and I'd be happy to take this up in private email. The questions are :
Did you restore the original contents of the old drive (i.e. remove any changes made by previous unsuccessful attempts) before XCOPYing?
Does the PC still work properly with only the Old drive in it (no D drive) ?
Which files (other then the email you mention) did you find where still being saved to the old drive ?
How far into the boot sequence does it get with only the New drive installed ?
Did you make the new drive bootable (i.e. active partition) ?
What is the boot sequence in the BIOS ?
However, I somehow fear evidence is mounting to the "uniqueness" of your configuration and predicament. A purpose built utility and a tried methodology both failed ...
Costas Anastassiades
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From: Stan Sieler[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Σάββατο, 18 Απριλίου 1998 4:52 πμ
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Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: New Disk Drive In WinTel PC
Yep...
note the "XCOPY", not "XCOPY32" in the quoted message below.
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> X-no-Archive:yes
> Nope, XCOPY32 will carry the long filenames, AFAIK.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Denys. . .
>
> Denys Beauchemin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sieler [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 1998 7:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: New Disk Drive In WinTel PC
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> Re:
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> > >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=
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> 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.
>
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