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How do I backup and restore 500GB of mac files to windows server? Hidden files not working.

Asked by NBF in Mac OS X, Windows Server 2008

We have a 2003 windows server that we need to backup and restore files to a different 2008 file server. The files are used by our creative staff and they are mac files. Many of the files have a period in from of them. Whenever I try to make a backup using ntbackup it does not backup and restore the files with periods in front of them. Also when I use robocopy and richcopy i get errors about files that can't be read.

Are these files important? Some of them are just .DS_store but many of them are identical to other file names but have a period in front of them.

Any suggestions for quickly backing up and restoring these files to a different windows server?

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How do I backup and restore 500GB of mac files to windows server? Hidden files not working.

Asked by NBF in Mac OS X, Windows Server 2008

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