[RESOLVED] Windows 8.1 won't start up / how to back up documents before I format.
Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: [RESOLVED] Windows 8.1 won't start up / how to back up documents before I format.

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Feb 2000
    Location
    Coquitlam BC Canada
    Posts
    2,826

    Resolved [RESOLVED] Windows 8.1 won't start up / how to back up documents before I format.

    My windows 8 has run into a problem and won't boot into windows .. have looked at all options to try and fix .. looks like a format is in the works ... but would like to ( in dos) try and back up my 12 Gb of documents onto my 16GB flash drive ..

    can this be done in Dos ? ...
    Windows 10 Home 64 Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
    17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1600 x 900) 256 GB - 5400 rpm SATA
    Windows 10 //21H1 (OS Build 19044..2251) 64bit //Google Chrome 118.0.5993.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)/ 16GB Memory/ AMD Radeon HD 7700 series Video Card//N68C-GS FX2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core /[/B]

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Maryland, USA
    Posts
    17,806
    Try:

    xcopy "C:\My Documents\*.*" "F:\My Documents" /c /e /f /h /i /k /r /y

    Where "C:\My Documents\*.*" is the source, and "F:\My Documents" is the destination. (If a path contains one or more spaces, enclose them in double quotes as shown).

    If the files are very large, you might want to add a "/j" (unbuffered I/O).


    To see what each of these /parameters mean, type:

    xcopy /?

    at the prompt.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Feb 2000
    Location
    Coquitlam BC Canada
    Posts
    2,826
    ok this is working better than I expected ... I reinstalled windows 8.. and it created a new windows on my harddrive and my other working windows is now marked as windows.old .. in this .old folder is all my documents music and photos ... hooray !
    Now Is it just a matter of dragging and dropping back to (current) new desktop ? as my old desktop is in there as well .. Old desktop is over 20GB in size .., my current harddrive is 240GB available out of 500GB ( 444GB) and Of course once I have all my files back in place I would like to delete windows.old... as it is probably together with new and old close to 140 GB in size ..
    Windows 10 Home 64 Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
    17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1600 x 900) 256 GB - 5400 rpm SATA
    Windows 10 //21H1 (OS Build 19044..2251) 64bit //Google Chrome 118.0.5993.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)/ 16GB Memory/ AMD Radeon HD 7700 series Video Card//N68C-GS FX2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core /[/B]

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Maryland, USA
    Posts
    17,806
    Yes, simply drag and drop.

    (I usually use two Window Explorer windows, tiled vertically [side-by-side], old on the left, new on the right, then drag across from left to right, and working from the topmost folder down).

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •