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copy files retaining all security settings and attributes, even if access is restricted for admin users

Asked by x4u in Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Operating System, Windows Network Security

Tags: copy, files, security, retain, settings

Hello,

I want to copy files and folders recursively from one local NTFS drive to another and retain all the properties of the source files, i.e. secutity settings, file ownership, the attributes for compression, hidden, system and readonly etc. It should be possible to copy the files back later in the same way and to get exactly the same file structure as it has been before the copy.

There are no open files involved but some files have owners that are not known to the running XP installation. Some files also have restricted access even for administrators, which is why "xcopy /o /x /e /h /k" fails to do this job. This applies i.e. to certain user folders in the XP "Documents and Settings" folder. I don't want to change anything on the source drive to make the copy possible.

I'd prefer to use a command line tool but a GUI tool would be fine as well. I'm not looking for backup tools that store the files in proprietary file formats like *.bkf or whatever.

Thank you for your help.
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Tags: copy, files, security, retain, settings
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