Microsoft KB Archive/73716

= BACKUP Deletes Files from Root of Destination Disk =

Article ID: 73716

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q73716



SUMMARY
To minimize confusion and reduce the number of disks required for backups, destination disks should not contain subdirectories.

The MS-DOS BACKUP utility deletes files from the destination disk before it starts backing up to that disk. However, files are deleted only from the root of the backup destination disk. Files contained in subdirectories on the destination disk are not be detected by BACKUP. This can cause confusion when backing up or looking at a directory listing of the backup disks.

Note: The RESTORE command works correctly if the destination backup disk had or has subdirectories.

Additional query words: 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30a 4.00 4.01 4.01a 5.00

Keywords: KB73716

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