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Saving files from DOS

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by caballlero69

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I am no t good with DOS however I want to recover DOC from DOS because I think my HD just died.
I did the C:/dir and I see the MyDocum files, how can I save those files, I dont know the commands to save ir, please help. Thanks in advance

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by acattr

This copies every file
copy c:\mydocu~1\*.* a:

This copies every file and subdirectories
xcopy c:\mydocu~1\*.* a: /s /c /h

if you have many files and they wont all fit on one disk, you can use the wildcard * with a letter.

This copies allfiles starting with the letter A.
xcopy c:\mydocu~1\a*.* a: /s /c /h

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