copying My Documents win98se

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What is the trick to copying "my documents" to order to back it up. I've
tried removing all of the attributes in DOS to no avail.

Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se

How are you trying to Copy the folder? What problem(s) do you encounter?
DETAILS please! Step by step.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jack Sandweiss" <sandweiss@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:138p09tbkabbq6c@corp.supernews.com...
> What is the trick to copying "my documents" to order to back it up. I've
> tried removing all of the attributes in DOS to no avail.
>
> Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> How are you trying to Copy the folder? What problem(s) do you encounter?
> DETAILS please! Step by step.
>
Whether or not I do a drag and drop in Win Expl. or a Cut and Paste or
use CD mate, I get an "access denied- see the boss" error, but, I am the
boss. I went in to DOS and tried removing ALL atributes several times to
no avail. I'm just trying to move my My Documents folder from my PC to
my MAC via CD-R. This shouldn't be so difficult, should it<G>?

Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> How are you trying to Copy the folder? What problem(s) do you encounter?
> DETAILS please! Step by step.
>
Whether or not I do a drag and drop in Win Expl. or a Cut and Paste or
use CD mate, I get an "access denied- see the boss" error, but, I am the
boss. I went in to DOS and tried removing ALL atributes several times to
no avail. I'm just trying to move my My Documents folder from my PC to
my MAC via CD-R. This shouldn't be so difficult, should it<G>?

I should have added that I CAN copy MDoc into a new directory on this
computer, but not to a new CD-R.

Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> How are you trying to Copy the folder? What problem(s) do you encounter?
> DETAILS please! Step by step.
>
Whether or not I do a drag and drop in Win Expl. or a Cut and Paste or
use CD mate, I get an "access denied- see the boss" error, but, I am the
boss. I went in to DOS and tried removing ALL atributes several times to
no avail. I'm just trying to move my My Documents folder from my PC to
my MAC via CD-R. This shouldn't be so difficult, should it<G>?

I should have added that I CAN copy MDoc into a new directory on this
computer, but not to a new CD-R.

the exact error message is:

"Cannot create or replace My Documents. Access is denied.

Make sure the disk is not full (I've changed 2 new cd-rs) or
write-protected and that the file is not currently in use."

Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se

It seems you are using the CD-writer in re-write mode. Try it in write-once
mode (CD-ROM) instead.

http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq01.html#S1-1
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Jack Sandweiss" <sandweiss@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:138p59b9qo6g33a@corp.supernews.com...
> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>> How are you trying to Copy the folder? What problem(s) do you encounter?
>> DETAILS please! Step by step.
>>
> Whether or not I do a drag and drop in Win Expl. or a Cut and Paste or
> use CD mate, I get an "access denied- see the boss" error, but, I am the
> boss. I went in to DOS and tried removing ALL atributes several times to
> no avail. I'm just trying to move my My Documents folder from my PC to
> my MAC via CD-R. This shouldn't be so difficult, should it<G>?
>
> I should have added that I CAN copy MDoc into a new directory on this
> computer, but not to a new CD-R.
>
> the exact error message is:
>
> "Cannot create or replace My Documents. Access is denied.
>
> Make sure the disk is not full (I've changed 2 new cd-rs) or
> write-protected and that the file is not currently in use."
>
> Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se---Gary

Re: copying My Documents win98se---Gary

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> How are you trying to Copy the folder? What problem(s) do you encounter?
> DETAILS please! Step by step.
>
Gary, you posted some links for me, but now your post is "gone" before I
could print them out. Could you do me a favor and re-post them. Sorry,

Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se---Gary

Re: copying My Documents win98se---Gary

I don't see where I posted any links, Jack. Are you talking about a post in
this thread, or from some time ago?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Jack Sandweiss" <sandweiss@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:138pvliht3s9e88@corp.supernews.com...
> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>> How are you trying to Copy the folder? What problem(s) do you encounter?
>> DETAILS please! Step by step.
>>
> Gary, you posted some links for me, but now your post is "gone" before I
> could print them out. Could you do me a favor and re-post them. Sorry,
>
> Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se

"Jack Sandweiss" <sandweiss@dslextreme.com> wrote in message news:138p09tbkabbq6c@corp.supernews.com...
> What is the trick to copying "my documents" to order to back it up. I've
> tried removing all of the attributes in DOS to no avail.
>
> Jack

Right-click the "My Documents" icon, select "Properties" and see if
there is a "Target" folder. If so, try copying it instead.

Ben
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se---Gary

Re: copying My Documents win98se---Gary

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> I don't see where I posted any links, Jack. Are you talking about a post in
> this thread, or from some time ago?
>
Sorry Gary, that was Peter, and, I did find my printout of it.

Jack
 
Re: copying My Documents win98se

Ben Myers wrote:
> "Jack Sandweiss" <sandweiss@dslextreme.com> wrote in message news:138p09tbkabbq6c@corp.supernews.com...
>> What is the trick to copying "my documents" to order to back it up. I've
>> tried removing all of the attributes in DOS to no avail.
>>
>> Jack
>
> Right-click the "My Documents" icon, select "Properties" and see if
> there is a "Target" folder. If so, try copying it instead.
>
> Ben
>
Good suggestion, but, it didn't work. I only saw the MS DOS name under
properties, not any path. Also, MD is in the root directory, so the path
is CD\mydocu~1. I also have the same problem when I try to copy a single
folder within MD with the same error message. I'm going to try and
fiddle with my CD copy program, or, I believe I might have Easy CD
Creator somewhere, which always worked. I'll let the group know.

Jack
 

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