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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:16:56 PDT
From:	"Gary Wong" <wonggd@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: SYSINSTX

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:24:20 PDT, Michael Rakijas wrote:

>** Reply to note from scoug-help@scoug.com Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:45:20 PDT
>> Can this be applied retroactively and remedially -- *safely* ? I guess so,
>> simce that seems to be what you did.
>>
>> Jordan
>
>Normally, when you do an XCOPY /h /o /t /s /e /r /v from a drive that
>you boot to, to a drive to which you are "upgrading" assuming HPFS to
>HPFS, the system files are supposed to copy with position information in
>tact. IOTW, OS/2 should boot to the new drive with no problem when it is
>swapped in the old drive's place. That didn't happen for me once
>(although I'm not sure why it didn't work, then), which is what prompted
>me to do the SYSINSTX again, just to make sure. Of course, that's what
>caused the problem for me. However, whatever space was allocated to the
>system files then would have reserved the space needed for any
>retroactive reissuing of the SYSINSTX command. That's why I wasn't
>worried, but I am not sure to what extent one is protected in its
>retroactive use where this process was not followed. It's certainly
>possible that files occupying the needed space are safely moved but I
>can't say for sure whether this happens.
>
What Rocky said is true in my case. Last Friday Jerry Rash & I did an XCOPY C:\*.*
with the /h /o /t /s /e /r /v switches of a Warp Connect drive (HPFS) to another HD with
HPFS and it booted up once we disconnected the source drive. He was amazed that it
was possible without having to do a SYSINSTX (until he realized that the hidden
system files were also copied).

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