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MXCOPY is designed to do a logical file structure (tree) copy of files on a floppy disk to a subdirectory on a hard drive. (similar to MS-DOS XCOPY with enhancments)
While XCOPY copies most of the files from a floppy to the hard drive it does not copy system hidden files such as MS-DOS.SYS or IBMBIO.COM etc. These files need to be copied for forensic purposes.
The files copied to the hard disk can then be forensically analysed as the user needs. The STRSRCH program can then be used to search the files for specific strings.
MXCOPY copies ALL the files from the floppy to the hard drive regardless of the files attributes.
MXCOPY leaves the original file date and time in-tack.
It DOES NOT copy slack or free space. If you want this use a program like DISKIMAG.
MXCOPY is superceded by UPCOPY
MXCOPY is provided a disk drive letter to process, A: or B:. It will copy the logical file structure found on this disk to the destination on the hard drive.
MXCOPY is provided a destination path (c:\...\...\directory) to place the logical file structure in. If the destination provided is only a drive letter (i.e. C:) without a path then that drive (C:) should be the default drive that the program is being run from. If only a drive is provided, the program picks up the current default path and uses that as a desination.
If used with the program DISKIMAG to create a logical file structure, DISKIMAG takes care of providing the destination path. DISKIMAG will provide a destination path based on information DISKIMAG has about the source diskette and output file name provided to DISKIMAG.
When MXCOPY performs its copy operation it recreates in the destination directory the same tree structure as found on the source diskette.
All files are copied to the destination.
Subdirectories (including the destination directory provided by the user) are created as needed.
File attributes such as hidden, or readonly are removed from the destination files. Such files as IBMBIO.COM etc. are now able to be seen as normal files in the destination directories.
There are no options to this program. The command line has two items that must be provided.
usage:
MXCOPY [source_dr:] [destination_dir]
source_dr: should be source of files, A: or B:
destination_dir: should be a complete path to the destination if only a drive is provided (i.e. c:), then c: MUST be the default drive.
Only one command line available:
C:> MXCOPY source destinationC:> MXCOPY a: c:\work\case001\disk001