Copying "Documents and Settings" folder problem HELP

[Andie Z]

On Win 2000 Pro (service pack 4) I am trying to copy "Documents and
Settings" to another similar computer across my LAN, so that I will have an
immediate backup if necessary. The copying is always stopped by an
NTuser.dat or other user file, or by a file that is being used by another
process such as "Desktopsearch/Index/MainChunk". How can I get around this?

Andie Z

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

On Win 2000 Pro (service pack 4) I am trying to copy "Documents and
Settings" to another similar computer across my LAN, so that I will have an
immediate backup if necessary. The copying is always stopped by an
NTuser.dat or other user file, or by a file that is being used by another
process such as "Desktopsearch/Index/MainChunk". How can I get around this?

Andie Z

You can write yourself a batch file that looks like this:

Line1 @echo off
Line2 xcopy /s d /c /y "%UserProfile%\*.* \\SomePC\BackupFor%UserName%\
Line3 pause

When you double-click a shortcut pointing to this batch
file then it will continue until finished, even when dealing
with locked files.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

On Win 2000 Pro (service pack 4) I am trying to copy "Documents and
Settings" to another similar computer across my LAN, so that I will have an
immediate backup if necessary. The copying is always stopped by an
NTuser.dat or other user file, or by a file that is being used by another
process such as "Desktopsearch/Index/MainChunk". How can I get around this?

Andie Z

Sorry, I omitted an important element in the batch
file. Here it is again:

Line1 @echo off
Line2 xcopy /s d /c /y "%UserProfile%\*.* \\SomePC\c$\BackupFor%UserName%\
Line3 pause