How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

In Win98, an "verify on" entry inside the autoexec.bat batch file
ensures that each and every copy operation is being done by bit-by-bit
verification.

I am looking for a way to do such a thing on XP.

I tried setting up a script at the startup/shutdown script, hoping
that when the machine is booted up, the "verify on" option would be
loaded. Apparently what I did failed miserably.

So I am here looking for help.

Can any of you Gurus tell me how to automate this "verify on" thing
for XP, so that every time the PC is booted, XP loads in the "verify
on" thing automatically, resulting in each and every copy / move
operation are verified bit-by-bit ?

Would be very appreciative of any of your suggestion and/or opinion.

Thanks !

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

"Hari Hari Mau" wrote in message
...

In Win98, an "verify on" entry inside the autoexec.bat batch file
ensures that each and every copy operation is being done by bit-by-bit
verification.
I am looking for a way to do such a thing on XP.

You may have apprehended thiings backwards.
1. This is a "parameter" of the COPY utility built into
operating systems, which may or may not be available
in any particular version of MS-DOS (as Win98) or its
avatars (e.g. XP: both have this function.)
2. Win98 may use AUTOEXEC.BAT at boot but does
not require it (as Win95 did.)
3. AUTOEXEC.BAT never requires any COPY functions
with or without /V

Can any of you Gurus tell me how to automate this "verify on" thing
for XP, so that every time the PC is booted, XP loads in the "verify
on" thing automatically, resulting in each and every copy / move
operation are verified bit-by-bit ?

Better repost in a WiinXP NG explaining which COPY
processes you want to run at boot.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

"Hari Hari Mau" wrote in message
...
In Win98, an "verify on" entry inside the autoexec.bat batch file
ensures that each and every copy operation is being done by bit-by-bit
verification.

I am looking for a way to do such a thing on XP.

I tried setting up a script at the startup/shutdown script, hoping
that when the machine is booted up, the "verify on" option would be
loaded. Apparently what I did failed miserably.

So I am here looking for help.

Can any of you Gurus tell me how to automate this "verify on" thing
for XP, so that every time the PC is booted, XP loads in the "verify
on" thing automatically, resulting in each and every copy / move
operation are verified bit-by-bit ?

Would be very appreciative of any of your suggestion and/or opinion.

Thanks !


First off, you've posted to a Win98 newsgroup...
you should have kept your question on an XP group.

However, the "verify" option on XP

is simply invoked with the /V switch


If you are looking for a more robust "copy" function
I suggest you use robocopy from the XP resource kit

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

[Crosspost much?]

Hari Hari Mau wrote:
In Win98, an "verify on" entry inside the autoexec.bat batch file
ensures that each and every copy operation is being done by bit-by-bit
verification.

I am looking for a way to do such a thing on XP.

I tried setting up a script at the startup/shutdown script, hoping
that when the machine is booted up, the "verify on" option would be
loaded. Apparently what I did failed miserably.

So I am here looking for help.

Can any of you Gurus tell me how to automate this "verify on" thing
for XP, so that every time the PC is booted, XP loads in the "verify
on" thing automatically, resulting in each and every copy / move
operation are verified bit-by-bit ?

Would be very appreciative of any of your suggestion and/or opinion.

Thanks !

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

John Holmes wrote:
Windows Explorer will always copy with verify ON

No it doesn't (at least not in Vista, I didn't bother to verify this
with XP).


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believe in his policies.
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How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:17:53 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:

"Hari Hari Mau" wrote in message
...

In Win98, an "verify on" entry inside the autoexec.bat batch file
ensures that each and every copy operation is being done by bit-by-bit
verification.
I am looking for a way to do such a thing on XP.

You may have apprehended thiings backwards.
1. This is a "parameter" of the COPY utility built into
operating systems, which may or may not be available
in any particular version of MS-DOS (as Win98) or its
avatars (e.g. XP: both have this function.)
2. Win98 may use AUTOEXEC.BAT at boot but does
not require it (as Win95 did.)
3. AUTOEXEC.BAT never requires any COPY functions
with or without /V

So if one sets Verify On within Autoexec, does that effect copies done
through Win98? Or are the DOS and Windows environments unrelated on
something like that.

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

Scott Seligman wrote:

John Holmes wrote:

Windows Explorer will always copy with verify ON


No it doesn't (at least not in Vista, I didn't bother to verify this
with XP).

If you didn't verify with XP then why are you bothering replying to an
XP group? Windows Explorer always copies with verify on and I would be
surprised if Vista did this any differently.

John

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

"John John (MVP)" wrote:
Scott Seligman wrote:

John Holmes wrote:

Windows Explorer will always copy with verify ON


No it doesn't (at least not in Vista, I didn't bother to verify this
with XP).

If you didn't verify with XP then why are you bothering replying to an
XP group? Windows Explorer always copies with verify on and I would be
surprised if Vista did this any differently.

No it doesn't. I just verified this with a stock XP installation.
Explorer didn't very the copy after it was completed, so you're wrong.

--
--------- Scott Seligman scott at firstname and michelle dot net ---------
The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it's stranger than
we can imagine.
-- J.B.S. Haldane

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

Scott Seligman wrote:

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

Scott Seligman wrote:


John Holmes wrote:


Windows Explorer will always copy with verify ON


No it doesn't (at least not in Vista, I didn't bother to verify this
with XP).

If you didn't verify with XP then why are you bothering replying to an
XP group? Windows Explorer always copies with verify on and I would be
surprised if Vista did this any differently.


No it doesn't. I just verified this with a stock XP installation.
Explorer didn't very the copy after it was completed, so you're wrong.

How exactly did you verify if Explorer.exe verified its file copy?

John

How to set "Verify On" at XP startup ?
 

"John John (MVP)" wrote:
Scott Seligman wrote:

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

Scott Seligman wrote:


John Holmes wrote:


Windows Explorer will always copy with verify ON


No it doesn't (at least not in Vista, I didn't bother to verify this
with XP).

If you didn't verify with XP then why are you bothering replying to an
XP group? Windows Explorer always copies with verify on and I would be
surprised if Vista did this any differently.


No it doesn't. I just verified this with a stock XP installation.
Explorer didn't very the copy after it was completed, so you're wrong.

How exactly did you verify if Explorer.exe verified its file copy?

I ran Process Monitor while the copy was going and looked to see if
Explorer tried to read the destination file or only wrote to it. (It
only wrote to it)

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--------- Scott Seligman scott at firstname and michelle dot net ---------
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great
men are almost always bad men.
-- Lord Acton