Copying from command prompt

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Just want to know if it is possible to copy data from a usb hard drive in command prompt on to the C drive.
 
As long as they are not locked or protected and your USB drive is properly identified without Software that limits it's functions,
it will need a drive letter assignment
 
As long as they are not locked or protected and your USB drive is properly identified without Software that limits it's functions,
it will need a drive letter assignment

yea, the usb ports are good and it normally is assigned to drive e, so I assume I would type something like (cd copy e:/suchandsuch) would that be correct?
 
the command should look some what like this: Example "copy c:\test.txt e:\FEB2008"
This will copy the file 'test.txt' to a folder label FEB2008 on the E:\ drive. In your case, you simply change the drive letter and file path according to your file structure.

Another great built in tool is xcopy. Type xcopy /? at the command prompt to display all the helpful commands/switches.

http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/xcopy.html
 
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