Sharing Violation

I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by copying the
98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing Violation
when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the 98se
machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it logged
on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What can I
do?

That is your swap file and is in use any time Windows is running. Files in
use cannot be copied.

The good news is that Windows creates that file if it doesn't exist so there
is no need to copy it.

Carey

"Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by copying
the
> 98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing
Violation
> when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the 98se
> machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it logged
> on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What can
I
> do?
>
>

Forget the WinXP part. I'm on a Win2000 machine and trying to copy files
from a 98se machine.

"Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by copying
the
> 98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing
Violation
> when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the 98se
> machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it logged
> on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What can
I
> do?
>
>

Thanks, Carey.

But I have a batch file doing an xcopy and it aborts when it hits that file.
Is there a way that I can keep it running and skip over this file? I'm
trying to automate backups.

"Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> That is your swap file and is in use any time Windows is running. Files in
> use cannot be copied.
>
> The good news is that Windows creates that file if it doesn't exist so
there
> is no need to copy it.
>
> Carey
>
> "Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by copying
> the
> > 98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing
> Violation
> > when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the
98se
> > machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it
logged
> > on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What
can
> I
> > do?
> >
> >
>
>

In a batch process where the files are always going to be different and you
want to copy the hidden and system files? Not that I am aware of.

Otherwise, don't copy the hidden or system files and you'll be okay or batch
the majority of the copy process but manually copy the directory that
contains the .swp file...usually C:\ or C:\WINDOWS

Carey

"Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eF%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks, Carey.
>
> But I have a batch file doing an xcopy and it aborts when it hits that
file.
> Is there a way that I can keep it running and skip over this file? I'm
> trying to automate backups.
>
> "Carey Holzman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > That is your swap file and is in use any time Windows is running. Files
in
> > use cannot be copied.
> >
> > The good news is that Windows creates that file if it doesn't exist so
> there
> > is no need to copy it.
> >
> > Carey
> >
> > "Jim Slager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I am trying to backup my win98se machine to a Win2000 machine by
copying
> > the
> > > 98se c: disk from the WinXP computer over wifi but I get a Sharing
> > Violation
> > > when trying to copy c:\windows\win386.swp. I've tried this with the
> 98se
> > > machine logged out and sitting at the logon prompt and also with it
> logged
> > > on to an alternate account. But the result is always the same. What
> can
> > I
> > > do?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>