Sharing violation

I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by copying the
98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing Violation
when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the 98se
machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it logged
on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What can I
do?

disable virtual memory on win98 ,reboot , delete swap file and copy ...

or use the /c switch with xcopy (continues on error)


"Jim Slager" wrote in message
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I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by copying
the
98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing
Violation
when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the 98se
machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it logged
on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What can
I
do?

"Jim Slager" wrote in message
...
I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by copying
the
98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing
Violation
when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the 98se
machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it logged
on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What can
I
do?

That is your swap file which is created and used by the OS. You don't need
to copy win386.swp - it is created on the fly. Exclude it from the files
you are copying.