Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58+ From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: File creation error Message-ID: Date: 2 Mar 89 17:41:35 GMT Organization: Electrical and Comp. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 19 "File creation error" usually means that the file you are trying to over-write on the floppy disk is a Read-Only file. Also, the copy command will terminate as soon as it hits an error, so it will stop after encountering this one. The copy command is slow because it reads on file into memory and then writes that one file, and repeats this process for every file. This is extremely slow especially for lots of small files. You may wish to try XCOPY, which is located on you DOS diskette (v3 or higher). XCOPY fills up memory with as many files as it can hold and then writes them. This speeds things up a bit. __________ ___ / \ / / /_/ / /\/ _/ / / / __/. /__ / / / / / / / / / / 4730 Centre Ave. #412 ARPAnet: Johnny.J.Chin@andrew.cmu.edu / ------- / Pittsburgh, PA 15213 BITnet: jc58@andrew \__________/ (412) 268-8936 UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58 Computer Dr. Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are STRICTLY my own, and not CMU's.