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From: abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: File creation error
Keywords: 224 File(s) copied; slow; Compaq; MS-DOS 3.3
Message-ID: <1727@csuna.csun.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 89 06:51:24 GMT
References: <7852@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott Neugroschl)
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Organization: CSU Northridge
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In article <7852@ihlpf.ATT.COM> pcl@ihlpf.UUCP (pcl) writes:
]I encountered the following error when trying to copy 300 files (small size)
]from harddisk to A: (1.2 meg floppy drive):
]
]File creation error
]      224 File(s) copied
]
]"DIR A:" indicated there are still plenty of space left.  The PC is a
]Compaq Portable-III running MS-DOS 3.3 (from Compaq).

My guess is at this point you run out of space in the root directory.
Try making a subdirectory and copying into that.  Subdirectories can
have as many entries as needed.

]Also, why the copying process is VERY slow (over 5 minutes)?
If you are using COPY, then it reads each file then writes each file.
Try using XCOPY.  It buffers as much into memory as it can and then
writes it out.  MUCH faster than COPY.  Has lots of nice options too...


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