I know there are duplicate checkers and directory/file list programs.
What I am wondering however is how one compares two drives.

In the past I have usually made a file list of drive C: then drive D:
and compared them. The annoying thing however has been
comparing eg.

C:\Program Files\Netscape\

and

D:\Program Files\Netscape\

They may be identical however the C: and D: mean they aren't. Unless I
do some complicated gymnastics in a text program they will show as
different.

(1) Is there a program that will compare both drives, ignore the drive
letters for comparison purposes, and print out the differences ?

(2) Can someone remember the DOS syntax for printing all
directories/sub directories/files on a drive (to a file) please ?

(3) As per (1) and/or (2). Is there any way to compare folders/files
etc., on two drives, created/changed after a certain date eg. after
1/6/05 ?

Thanks.

Regards, John.

John Fitzsimons <(E-Mail Removed)> ha detto:

> (1) Is there a program that will compare both drives, ignore the drive
> letters for comparison purposes, and print out the differences ?

WinMerge http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

> (2) Can someone remember the DOS syntax for printing all
> directories/sub directories/files on a drive (to a file) please ?

dir /s > file.txt

> (3) As per (1) and/or (2). Is there any way to compare folders/files
> etc., on two drives, created/changed after a certain date eg. after
> 1/6/05 ?

Try WinMerge


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Shall do the easy one first John , here is my info for you to choose
from .

http://www.easydos.com/print.html

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WinAids
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/17725.html
DOS access and PRINTouts for Win95/98/2K.
Free PRINT program enabling a Printout to be made of any ASCII file.

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Dos print programs .
http://www.simtel.net/pub/msdos/printer/

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http://www.pcmech.com/forum/showthre...threadid=10465

1. Dozens of shareware to do this.
2. Go to a DOS prompt and type: DIR C:\foldername\*.* >LPT1
3. Print Folder Directories

Found this in PcWorld’s January issue:

"Here’s an easy way to print a list of the files contained in a
folder from inside Windows Explorer."

Launch Notepad, then type:

Dir %1> lpt1: and press Enter
Now type cls on the second line, BUT DO NOT PRESS Enter

There must not be anything, not even a blank line after ‘cls’.
Save the two line file in you C:\Windows\Send To folder as
printdir.BAT

Now when you want to a printout of the files in a folder, right click
on the folder in Windows Explorer, and select Send
TO->printdir.bat

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Dir C:\foldername\*.* >filename.txt (this will create a text file
to do with as you please)

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Folder Print
http://www.homestead.com/algor/

Print Folder
http://no-nonsense-software.com/freeware

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Print a Folder's Contents ( XP )
http://jeffwalso.tripod.com/batch.htm
Windows offers no easy way to print a list of the files in a given
folder, but this batch file does. Download the file printdir.bat,
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/printmag/printdir.bat
and save it in the SendTo folder under your user profile. To find
your SendTo folder in Windows 98, Me, or XP, select Start, Run, type
sendto, and press Enter. If you use Windows 2000, go to "Add to the
Send To Menu" for details on how to proceed. Once the file is in
your SendTo folder, you can print a copy of a folder's contents by
right-clicking the folder's name in Windows Explorer and selecting
Send To, printdir.bat.

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Or, if you don't want another program, here's 2 batch files, one for
creating a .txt file, the other sends it straight to the printer.

Open Notepad (only), type in **exactly** (or copy/paste from here)

For the .txt file:

dir %1 > C:\list.txt: cls

& save as: textdir.bat

For the printer:

dir %1 > lpt1: cls

& save as: printdir.bat

I save these two files in my "Send to" folder, that way I can just
right click on the folder to execute.

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> (1) Is there a program that will compare both drives, ignore the drive
> letters for comparison purposes, and print out the differences ?

Maybe this one .

Space Explorer Home Edition
http://www.freewarehome.com/System_U...Sorting_t.html
http://www.kaptech.co.uk/
Space Explorer Home Edition is a great tool for analysing your hard
drives, what files are on them, where and what sizes they are. With
the help of a wizard, you can See folder tree sizes in a Windows
Explorer-like tree, highlight folder trees that exceed a certain
size to find out which folder trees are taking up most space, Find
duplicate files. Analyse disks using the disk analysis wizard;
Compare folders; Monitor local, network, and pre-selected drives;
Work with FAT, FAT32 and NTFS partitions; and much, much more.

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John Fitzsimons wrote:
> I know there are duplicate checkers and directory/file list programs.
> What I am wondering however is how one compares two drives.

Best one I found a while back was PC Magazine's WMatch. Fortunately, I
got it when it was a total freebie
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1790135,00.asp

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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:00:14 +1000, John Fitzsimons wrote:

> I know there are duplicate checkers and directory/file list programs.
> What I am wondering however is how one compares two drives.

You can compare 2 Snapshots of different origin (drives, folders) with
FileImg, an 'unsupported' tool which can be downloaded from MS:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q243424

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On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:00:14 +1000, John Fitzsimons
<(E-Mail Removed)> typed furiously:

>
>I know there are duplicate checkers and directory/file list programs.
>What I am wondering however is how one compares two drives.
>
>In the past I have usually made a file list of drive C: then drive D:
>and compared them. The annoying thing however has been
>comparing eg.
>
>C:\Program Files\Netscape\
>
>and
>
>D:\Program Files\Netscape\
>
>They may be identical however the C: and D: mean they aren't. Unless I
>do some complicated gymnastics in a text program they will show as
>different.
>
>(1) Is there a program that will compare both drives, ignore the drive
>letters for comparison purposes, and print out the differences ?
>
>(2) Can someone remember the DOS syntax for printing all
>directories/sub directories/files on a drive (to a file) please ?
>
dir >prn or dir >lpt1: to send direct to printer
dir /s >filelist.txt to send to a file.

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On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 06:56:20 +0000 (UTC), PerezDeQueya80
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>John Fitzsimons <(E-Mail Removed)> ha detto:

>> (1) Is there a program that will compare both drives, ignore the drive
>> letters for comparison purposes, and print out the differences ?

>WinMerge http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

I already had that installed. I didn't realise that it would consider
something like

C:\Program Files\Netscape\something

and

D:\Program Files\Netscape\something

to be the same. But it does. Great ! On the downside it seems to be
very very very slow. IIRC a directory comparison of about 11k files
took more than an hour. If I had compared two different drives then
I expect that it would have taken all night !

I think however it is probably doing a very very thorough job of
things. Thanks for pointing this out as a contender. Very much
appreciated.

>> (2) Can someone remember the DOS syntax for printing all
>> directories/sub directories/files on a drive (to a file) please ?

>dir /s > file.txt

Thank you.

>> (3) As per (1) and/or (2). Is there any way to compare folders/files
>> etc., on two drives, created/changed after a certain date eg. after
>> 1/6/05 ?

>Try WinMerge

Golly, if it does that as well then it will be very handy. I haven't
however worked out how to only compare since the first of June
yet. Hope it is possible. :-)

Regards, John.

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:18:03 GMT, "dadiOH" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>John Fitzsimons wrote:
>> I know there are duplicate checkers and directory/file list programs.
>> What I am wondering however is how one compares two drives.

>Best one I found a while back was PC Magazine's WMatch. Fortunately, I
>got it when it was a total freebie
>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1790135,00.asp

Well, I am not a subscriber so cannot get that file. I did however try
a copy that I had. I think it was 2.1. It looked promising, initially,
but then gave me an illegal operation on my '98SE system. :-(

I might give it another try sometime but I expect that I will get the
same result. Thanks however for the recommendation. :-)

Regards, John.

On 8 Jun 2005 07:22:37 GMT, (E-Mail Removed)lid
(jmatt) wrote:

< snip >

>Dir C:\foldername\*.* >filename.txt (this will create a text file
>to do with as you please)

Yes, that's the main one I was trying to remember. Thanks for the
reminder and the long list of other approaches you mentioned.
Very handy. :-)

Regards, John.