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by wtesch

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How do I put contents of a cd to a second hard drive

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by wtesch

That dos`ent tell me how to put it to the f drive. I wanted to no how to put a cd right to the F drive

by timwalsh

Further, anything you copy from the CD will be read-only. You will need to change the attributes of the copied files beofre you can make any changes to them.

by wtesch

I do not under stand what he means. all I want to do is put the contents of a cd right to the F drive. There must be an easy way

by opatzg9

attrib -r
will remove the read only status, you'll need to run that in each directory copied.

by timwalsh

Ok, there's obviously a language barrier here, so let me make sure I understand what you want to do.

What you are asking is how to copy the contents of a CD to a hard drive. Is this correct?

If so, every answer given so far is technically correct.

So let's take this step by step:

On your start menu, click Run. In the box labeled "Open", type in cmd and then click OK.

This will open what is known as the DOS Prompt or Command Prompt (depending on your operating system).

At theDOS prompt, type
xcopy \*.* F: /S /E /H
and hit Enter

is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by a colon (i.e. D:)
*.* ensures that ALL files are chosen to copy
/S /E /H ensures that all files, folders, subfolders,and hidden files are copied.

In addition, since all files on a CD are set to be read-only, when you copy them to a hard drive, they are still read-only. Therefore, you won't be able to make changes to the contents of any files until you change them from read-only.

If you don't understand any part of this please specify what you don't understand instead of just saying "you don't understand."

Hope this helps.

by wtesch

I may be a dumb head, but I still don`t get it. what do I have to do to put data from a cd to the second hard drive, which is called F I appreciate what you are trying to tell me, but please try to make it a little easier to understand Thank you

by opatzg9

Okay here goes 1 more
click on start
click on accessories
click on command line or ms dos
This should give you a black screen with a c:\
prompt on your display
then type
xcopy32 e:*.* f:*.* /s /e
and your cd from e: is copied to f:

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