Cannot copy from mapped drive

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Hi

I want to copy a folder from a mapped network drive to the local HDD. (We
use WinXP and W2003 server, all fully patched.)

I thought a little .bat file like the following would work:

copy P:\pigfolder\*.* C:\Pigfolder\*.*

However this just does not seem to work. I thought this would be simple -
and ideas please?

Cheers

Harry
 
Log in as Administrator (or an account with Admin's rights) and try:

Start button > Run...and in the box, type (or copy, paste the following):

xcopy P:\pigfolder\*.* C:\Pigfolder\
 
Thanks
This does not work either.
Lewej

R. J. Salvi said:
Log in as Administrator (or an account with Admin's rights) and try:

Start button > Run...and in the box, type (or copy, paste the following):

xcopy P:\pigfolder\*.* C:\Pigfolder\

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Hi

I want to copy a folder from a mapped network drive to the local HDD. (We
use WinXP and W2003 server, all fully patched.)

I thought a little .bat file like the following would work:

copy P:\pigfolder\*.* C:\Pigfolder\*.*

However this just does not seem to work. I thought this would be simple -
and ideas please?

Cheers

Harry
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Harry,

First try running this command manually, from a command window. What error do
you get? Try using xcopy instead of copy too.

When I do "copy", it objects to copying a file if it doesn't exist in the
destination already. Then I run xcopy, which copies the files for me even if
they aren't there already.
 
Good idea - Thanks Chuck

Chuck said:
Harry,

First try running this command manually, from a command window. What error do
you get? Try using xcopy instead of copy too.

When I do "copy", it objects to copying a file if it doesn't exist in the
destination already. Then I run xcopy, which copies the files for me even if
they aren't there already.
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