Click Windows Xcopy Command to see more. So powerful as Xcopy is, why do you need the Xcopy equivalent? According to its user feedback, copying files failed due to Xcopy not working sometimes. Usually, Xcopy failes to copy files with return error code number from 0 to 5. Among which, code 2 and code 4 are the most common seen codes.
And the code 4 represents initialization error occurred. There is not enough memory or disk space, or you entered an invalid drive name or invalid syntax on the command line.
In that case, you can initialize disk in another way or try another drive name and syntax. Xcopy will not copy open files as it does not use Windows Volume Shadow Copy service, which makes it a poor choice in backing up living operating system volumes. It makes things easier and more efficient. Best to repeat the test on some other machine that you have not used for experimenting.
Monday, August 5, PM. TechNet Suffice it to say that the command works perfectly on my machine which is why I recommended that you try it on a different machine too. Did you? The temp directories got copied as did the winsx directory in the Windows directory.
Might have really found something this time. Monday, August 19, AM. I am also running Win 7 bit and can't get cmd window to recognize xcopy Is there a problem with bit windows? Tuesday, March 4, PM.
The very first post in this long thread explains the technique nicely. Proposed as answer by David Pike, P. Details required :. Cancel Submit. SpiritX Volunteer Moderator. Hi, Windows 7 has Robocopy which can be much faster.
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