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Results appear to be: *nada*: Too bad. (And haven't found a utility
program yet that does this for Win9x systems - I've been looking, though)
As Rick mentioned, zzcopy apparently does NOT preserve the original folder
dates (with Win9x systems), and that's what I found too, when I tried it
once last nite.
(PCR - Winzip doesn't do it - furthermore, my version of Winzip (8) doesn't
"copy" folders, per se, as far as I can tell, although maybe you can *zip*
the whole folder, and unzip it somewhere else, if THAT is what you mean(?).
Still won't preserve folder dates)
I'm going to do a partition copy with BING later, methinks. I just gotta
look up the parameters on how to do that again. And when it's done and
I'm back up and running, I'll delete the unwanted folders on the D partition
either in Windows, or, if the directory is really huge, using DELTREE in a
dos shell - which is much faster, I think. AFAIK, windows will be happy
either way, although sometimes I wonder if using DELTREE in a dos shell
frees up the directory "space" that was being used to store the long file
names? I presume it does. (hmm...what if it were done in true DOS
mode - would it then?)
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Why not just post the results here, Bill?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:%237MePS6TFHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I've got both of them. I already had Winzip but just got an updated
>> xxcopy. This will be interesting. If anybody's interested in the
>> results, just let me know (haven't tried either yet)
>>
>> Never thought of Winzip as being a "folder copy" utility though.
>> Just a zip and unzip utility.
>>
>> PCR wrote:
>>> Yes, I just tried it. XCOPY likely can do it to.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks or Good Luck,
>>> There may be humor in this post, and,
>>> Naturally, you will not sue,
>>> should things get worse after this,
>>> PCR
>>> pcrrcp@netzero.net
>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23gk9jD6TFHA.1896@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> Winzip copies folders and preserves the original folder dates in the
copied
>>>> folders? Are you sure?
>>>>
>>>> PCR wrote:
>>>>> http://www.winzip.com/
>>>>> WinZip does that, preserving all dates.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks or Good Luck,
>>>>> There may be humor in this post, and,
>>>>> Naturally, you will not sue,
>>>>> should things get worse after this,
>>>>> PCR
>>>>> pcrrcp@netzero.net
>>>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eGoulkzTFHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> This may be a bit naive, but I'm trying to preserve my folder and
>>>>>> subfolder dates in this specific quest here. So I want to use
BING
>>>>>> for a partition copy, as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is my situation: I have a 40 GB FAT32 drive, split into two
>>>>>> IDENTICAL size partitions of 20 GB each (give or take).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have some stuff on the C partition that I want to copy (exactly,
>>>>>> including the folder and subfolder dates) over to the D partition,
but I
>>>>>> also want to leave some of the stuff I now have on the D partition
>>>>>> untouched (and there is plenty of room for this, even if I copy ALL
of
>>>>>> C's folders and files, which I'm sure I would have to do in partition
>>>>>> copy).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I correct in understanding this is NOT possible at the (BING)
level?
>>>>>> That if I want to copy the C partition data (even all of it, which is
>>>>>> about 10 GB worth) to the D partition, preserving folder dates, it's
an
>>>>>> all or nothing proposition, and everything now on the D partition
(about
>>>>>> 4 GB) will be obliterated in the process?
Results appear to be: *nada*: Too bad. (And haven't found a utility
program yet that does this for Win9x systems - I've been looking, though)
As Rick mentioned, zzcopy apparently does NOT preserve the original folder
dates (with Win9x systems), and that's what I found too, when I tried it
once last nite.
(PCR - Winzip doesn't do it - furthermore, my version of Winzip (8) doesn't
"copy" folders, per se, as far as I can tell, although maybe you can *zip*
the whole folder, and unzip it somewhere else, if THAT is what you mean(?).
Still won't preserve folder dates)
I'm going to do a partition copy with BING later, methinks. I just gotta
look up the parameters on how to do that again. And when it's done and
I'm back up and running, I'll delete the unwanted folders on the D partition
either in Windows, or, if the directory is really huge, using DELTREE in a
dos shell - which is much faster, I think. AFAIK, windows will be happy
either way, although sometimes I wonder if using DELTREE in a dos shell
frees up the directory "space" that was being used to store the long file
names? I presume it does. (hmm...what if it were done in true DOS
mode - would it then?)
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Why not just post the results here, Bill?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:%237MePS6TFHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> I've got both of them. I already had Winzip but just got an updated
>> xxcopy. This will be interesting. If anybody's interested in the
>> results, just let me know (haven't tried either yet)
>>
>> Never thought of Winzip as being a "folder copy" utility though.
>> Just a zip and unzip utility.
>>
>> PCR wrote:
>>> Yes, I just tried it. XCOPY likely can do it to.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks or Good Luck,
>>> There may be humor in this post, and,
>>> Naturally, you will not sue,
>>> should things get worse after this,
>>> PCR
>>> pcrrcp@netzero.net
>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23gk9jD6TFHA.1896@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>> Winzip copies folders and preserves the original folder dates in the
copied
>>>> folders? Are you sure?
>>>>
>>>> PCR wrote:
>>>>> http://www.winzip.com/
>>>>> WinZip does that, preserving all dates.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks or Good Luck,
>>>>> There may be humor in this post, and,
>>>>> Naturally, you will not sue,
>>>>> should things get worse after this,
>>>>> PCR
>>>>> pcrrcp@netzero.net
>>>>> "Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eGoulkzTFHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> This may be a bit naive, but I'm trying to preserve my folder and
>>>>>> subfolder dates in this specific quest here. So I want to use
BING
>>>>>> for a partition copy, as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is my situation: I have a 40 GB FAT32 drive, split into two
>>>>>> IDENTICAL size partitions of 20 GB each (give or take).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have some stuff on the C partition that I want to copy (exactly,
>>>>>> including the folder and subfolder dates) over to the D partition,
but I
>>>>>> also want to leave some of the stuff I now have on the D partition
>>>>>> untouched (and there is plenty of room for this, even if I copy ALL
of
>>>>>> C's folders and files, which I'm sure I would have to do in partition
>>>>>> copy).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I correct in understanding this is NOT possible at the (BING)
level?
>>>>>> That if I want to copy the C partition data (even all of it, which is
>>>>>> about 10 GB worth) to the D partition, preserving folder dates, it's
an
>>>>>> all or nothing proposition, and everything now on the D partition
(about
>>>>>> 4 GB) will be obliterated in the process?