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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / January 2006Cannot view/copy D:\WINDOWS with Windows Explorer
both C:\ and D:\ have Windows ME on them. D:\ is my old C:\ and i can no longer boot from it. i switched it to D: so i could retrieve files and move them to another disc (then another computer). i have already used Explorer to copy most of the files i need to get from D:\. but i must copy D:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\... and some other D:\Windows data over to the C: drive. in DOS i can see all the D:\Windows\ folders and files that need to be copied - but i cannot view/copy them in Windows Explorer - so i don't know how i can copy them over. i already ticked off the view options to show all hidden files, folders &c. will Explorer refuse to show a \Windows folder that isn't on C:\ or am i missing something? is there a way i can do this in DOS? if so, please dumb it down for me. TIA > both C:\ and D:\ have Windows ME on them. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > TIA Copy command in DOS is made up of three parts: Command - name of files - destination e.g. C:\> copy d:\windows\files c:\windows\files >> will Explorer refuse to show a \Windows folder that isn't on C:\ or am i >> missing something? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > C:\> copy d:\windows\files c:\windows\files thanks, but there are many subfolders and files that i cannot list (and they have long names). how can i use a wildcard or option? what do i put where you have "files"? >>> will Explorer refuse to show a \Windows folder that isn't on C:\ or am i >>> missing something? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > they have long names). how can i use a wildcard or option? what do i put > where you have "files"? Wild card is an asterisk e.g. C:\> copy d:\windows\* c:\windows\files - will copy everything in d:\windows to c:\windows\files > C:\> copy d:\windows\* c:\windows\files - will copy everything in > d:\windows to c:\windows\files i did this, but it only brought over the files in the windows folder and none of the many subfolders and files in them. i would like to get everything down the path of d:\windows\....... to come over with subfolders intact. thanks. Howdy! > > C:\> copy d:\windows\* c:\windows\files - will copy everything in > > d:\windows to c:\windows\files [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > everything down the path of d:\windows\....... to come over with subfolders > intact. Try a different command ... XCOPY D:\WINDOWS\*.* C:\OLD_WIN /R/I/C/H/K/E/Y/S/F Or go to XXCOPY.COM and download XXCOPY , the Extended XCopy program. It's what I use personally - damn good program. RwP >> > C:\> copy d:\windows\* c:\windows\files - will copy everything in >> > d:\windows to c:\windows\files [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > XCOPY D:\WINDOWS\*.* C:\OLD_WIN /R/I/C/H/K/E/Y/S/F i did this and it's looking good so far (still running). i saw some access errors scroll by, but it looks like i'm copying the essential data that i could not get at with Windows Explorer. big thanks! |
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