File backup

[Angela]

Hi, David!
Thanks for the reply. At the DOS prompt I type:

xcopy c:\*.* c:\temp /s /d:7-01-2003

The message I get is "Cannot perform a cyclic copy.
0 file(s) copied"


>-----Original Message-----
>xcopy works fine for me copying to a staging folder (not
>writing directly to the CD).
>
>Can you post the exact line you're using and the exact
>result or error you get?
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Once upon a time, I could back up individual files by
>>date (using xcopy). I'd like to do this with a CD
>burner
>>under Windows XP. As I have data files in different
>>places, this is difficult to do manually. I've tried
to
>>use xcopy in the fake DOS prompt to copy new files to a
>>temporary directory. It doesn't work. Any suggestions?
>>.
>>
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