copy all files and folders from one drive to another drive using DOS (command prompt)

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gautamlakum picture gautamlakum · Aug 24, 2011 · Viewed 435.4k times · Source

i want to copy all files and folders from one drive to another drive using MS-DOS. How to do it?

I am trying xcopy I:\*.* N:\ But it copies only files, not folders. So how to copy all files and folders both?

Thanks.

Answer

SHABAZ KHAN picture SHABAZ KHAN · Aug 4, 2015 
xcopy "C:\SomeFolderName" "D:\SomeFolderName" /h /i /c /k /e /r /y

Use the above command. It will definitely work.

In this command data will be copied from c:\ to D:\, even folders and system files as well. Here's what the flags do:

  • /h copies hidden and system files also
  • /i if destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assume that destination must be a directory
  • /c continue copying even if error occurs
  • /k copies attributes
  • /e copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones
  • /r overwrites read-only files
  • /y suppress prompting to confirm whether you want to overwrite a file

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