Command Prompt Question

WHAT ABOUT THE COPY DIR QUESTION

Did you check the link provided?
Do you have appropriate OS installed?
Have you provided full and valid path to winnt32.exe?
What actually error message do you have?

As you can see in the link provided, /copydir needs a  plattform architecture  (i386 or ia64) defined as prefix of the folder path  provided.

Are you trying to execute the XCOPY command?

what do you mean by a platform archatecture? I am just trying to learn how to successfully practice the copydir in the command shell. Any help would be much ablidged.

Please have a thorough look at the syntax in the link given above. It should be immediately clear  then. If not: Usually you say
/copydir:i386\CreateThisFolder

May I ask why you want to use that option?

Since CopyDir is not a system command (in all versions of Windows), it would be better if you used something like XCOPY.

QUESTION 2:

You work as the network administrator at Certkiller .com. The
Certkiller .com network consists of a single Active Directory domain named
Certkiller .com. All servers on the Certkiller .com network run Windows 2000 Server. Half the client computers run Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and the rest run
Windows XP Professional. The Certkiller .com network also contains a file server named Certkiller -SR24.
You need to upgrade a Windows NT 4.0 client computer named Certkiller -WS290
to Windows XP Professional. However, the Windows XP Professional installation CD does not contain the drivers for the network adapter card currently installed on Certkiller -WS290. You copy the i386 folder from the Windows XP professional installation CD to a shared folder named i386 on Certkiller -SR24. In the i386
shared folder you create a folder named Testadpcrd and copy the drivers for the network adapter card to the Testadpcrd folder.
You want the Testadpcrd folder to be copied to the folder on Certkiller -WS290 during the upgrade process. After the upgrade, you want to be able to access the drivers in the Testadpcrd folder for future use.
What should you do on Certkiller -WS290?

A. At a command prompt, run the Winnt.exe command with the /r:testadpcrd switch.
B. At a command prompt, run the Winnt.exe command with the /rx:testadpcrd switch.
C. At a command prompt, run the Winnt32.exe command with the
/copysource:testadpcrd switch.
D. At a command prompt, run the Winnt32.exe command with the /copydir:testadpcrd switch.
Answer: D Explanation:
In the i386 folder you will find the Winnt32.exe or
Winnt.exe. In the command prompt you the use the Winnt32.exe command with the copydir switch. The copydir:folder name create a customized subfolders that can be used with the Windows XP Professional installation. If you use the /copydir option,
the folder is not deleted. Incorrect answers:
A: The /r switch is used with the winnt command. The winnt command
is used to install Windows XP Professional on a computer that is not running Windows
98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4 Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows
XP Home Edition.
B: The /rx switch is used with the winnt command. The winnt command is used to install Windows XP Professional on a computer that is not running Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4 Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP Home
Edition.
C: The /copysource:folder name is used to create a temporary subfolder for Windows XP Professional files to be used during the installation process. Once the installation process

is complete, the folders created with this process are deleted. If you use the /copydir
option, the folder is not deleted. Reference:
Lisa Donald & James Chellis, MCSA/MCSE: Windows XP Professional
Study Guide; Third Edition, Sybex Inc., Alameda, 2005, P. 11

That is the question that I answered too, but I am trying to understand the steps to do the copy dir

As soon as I will get answers to my questions, I and other guys would be able to suggest where to look next (if you still have problems..)..

I just want to understand if I am using DOS with the command copy dir

/copydir has nothing to do with DOS (or cmd.exe), as already told. You only use cmd.exe to start the winnt32 executable, and the copydir is just a switch for that executable.

so I am in DOS and the syntax is copydir:testadpcrd. Every time I do this it errors with syntax wrong/infaled. What is the proper syntax

If you want just to copy directory - use XCOPY
Syntax and examples here:
http://ss64.com/nt/xcopy.html

In Vista you'd rather use ROBOCOPY
Syntax and example here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/07/robocopy-syntax-command-line-switches-and-examples/

And you can always get help from command prompt - just type XCOPY /? or ROBOCOPY /?

I was able to do xcopy and robocopy, but copydir I am not able to do. Do you know why that is? if you know where this is let me know, thanks for everyones help.

@msacc97

Thanks.  I'd forgotten about the SysInternals tools that were incorporated when Mark R. went to MS.

Does your error look like this?

C:\>winnt32 /copydir:testadpcrd
'winnt32' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

                                              

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Jimpen seems to have hit it. You do not have winnt32 . No wonder, it is part of Windows OS installation media, and only needed when you want to install a Windows OS from another Windows OS.

DornerDiamonds

At least looks like winnt32.exe is not in root of C drive.
Try to find it  using Start -> Search -> ...
If succeeded include full path to it (for examle D:\i386\WINDOWS\....\winnt32.exe /copydir...)

from the C:> prompt do a

dir winnt*.exe /s

I'm betting it isn't on the machine. I think one of the recommendations when building WinXP machines was to delete it.

I think it had issues and the is why they replaced it with the CMD.exe.

jimpen,

My understanding is that your command will search in drive C only..
BTW DornerDiamonds did not tell us what OS he/she has..

jimpen,

My understanding is that your command will search in drive C only..
BTW DornerDiamonds did not tell us what OS he/she has..

>> My understanding is that your command will search in drive C only..

True. But the IIRC the winnt executables should reside under the C:\WINNT or C:\WINDOWS directories. Either the the system or system32 directories.  If the WINNT(s) exist the should have been in the folders listed in the PATH variable anyway.

>> BTW DornerDiamonds did not tell us what OS he/she has..

Another good point. I think the WINNT32 was NT 4.0 and below. Ate least I can't find it on our sole 2000 server and not on my WinXP.

The client machine I am using is Windows Vista

some reason copy dir doesn't work for me on XP or Vista in cmd. XCopy and robocopy work though. Thanks for all the help. I am trying to get use to the DOS command sequence and I am trying to get back to studying for 70-270 Microsoft test.

everything works except for copydir