Subj : Bluetooth To Ethernet To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Apr 10 2026 07:30:00 Hi Ky! > Right. I think some of the confusion is "drive" can mean both the > physical drive (so a "2TB drive") as well as a partition on a drive ("my > 'drive e' is 2TB on my 6TB drive -- which is driving me crazy! "). > As for the barfing, some may be due to the way the data is written in > the BIOS. KM> It's whether the BIOS supports it. If not, it will either see it KM> wrong or not at all. I vaguely recall there were ways to trick the BIOS or use a controller card with it's own BIOS but this sometimes eventually caused more problems that a proper upgrade. (Hey! We just got our old system for experimenting that we needed an in earlier message, or at leats earlier in my sequence.) > > Or whatever the Windows criteria is. Just checked and doesn't appear > > there is an 'archieve' switch (the -a). > KM> Yes there is, dir /a shows that, and XCOPY knows about it. It is > KM> quite an old function, as XCOPY goes back to ... DOS 5, I think? > KM> 1990s, anyway., > OK. The help screen for 'copy' didn't show anything for setting the > archive switch; did for 'xcopy'. KM> Because they're not the same :D 4 out of 5 letters agree! <-- semi-obsecure reference to commercials with "4 out of 5 dentists", etc, > KM> There is also a last accessed flag, tho, plus the date created > KM> and date modified flags. > Must be in extended help. ...I've forgotten so much on Windows since > switching! KM> It's visible in Explorer, if you set it that way. There's a raft KM> of stuff you can make visible if you want. Probably so. The only computer here running Windows is this VM. > > Oh: the reasoning behind use of the full pathname was in case the > > computer got confused because there wasn't something to do in a previous > > step it would know exactly where you wanted the file. > KM> And use XCOPY if you want to take the entire directory structure, > KM> or rely on the ARCHIVE bit. > Yes: XCOPY is a lot more robust that COPY but definitely overkill for > simple copying. KM> Unless there are subdirectories. Don't forget the subdirectories! I like subdirectories! Help to keep things organized. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... Hooray for organic gardeners. They till it like it is. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .