attributing in dos

[prozac5000]

hi quick question

i have just xcopied a entire hard drive i now need to attribute the files the folders name is sbh laptop backup i have tried every command that i can think of

any suggestions will help

thanks

[rustypup]

xcopy's "/k" switch tells xcopy to replicate with attributes...

does ATTRIB not work?...

[prozac5000]

no it keeps giving me errors i even tried everything at this site with the - syntax http://www.computerhope.com/attribhl.htm

[Tribble]

What attributes are you trying to change or add?

[rustypup]

you're doing this from within windows?...

what's the error?

do you have sufficient rights? if not, you'll have to change ownership before attempting to change attribs...

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[prozac5000]

im trying to view the folder after ive done an xcopy
im using the -r -s -h /s /d syntaxes but it will not attribute the folder
d: attrib -r -s h d:\sbh laptop backup /s /d and many other varients

[rustypup]

and the errors are?

[Tribble]

Are you doing the whole folder at once - or the files individually? eg attrib *.* -h ? You need to specify the files / folder before you do the attributes.

[prozac5000]

problem solved

used easy data recovery to retrieve the information

can view all the files and access them

thanks for the help people