Every time I say or see the word Robocopy, I think of the 1980s flick RoboCop. I never saw RoboCop, nor do I ever want to. Some of my friends liked it; when they were watching shoot-em-ups, I was watching old James Dean and Hitchcock movies. But I digress.
Robocopy is standard on Vista and Windows 2008, but you can get it by downloading the Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools. There is also a GUI interface to help you shape the commands. I’ve had two problems when XCOPY didn’t work because of insufficient memory. Another command line primer is here. There are so many options here, so make sure you know what they do before you go wild and shoot yourself in the foot.
November 17, 2008 at 2:23 am
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