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What to use instead of RoboCopy on a 64 bit Server?

If it 's good enough for 32 bit & Vista, why not 64 bit Server?

         

dataguy

7:23 pm on Jun 8, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Just got myself a pair of shiny new servers with Windows Server 2003 R2 X64 installed. The only problem I've encountered is that all the backup scripts that I had been using won't work because apparently RoboCopy doesn't work on the 64 bit version.

I hear that xcopy has been replaced with RoboCopy on Vista, which I think is great, but if MS think RoboCopy is the future of command-line copying, why won't it work on Server 2003 X64?

Does anyone know if MS plans on porting it over to X64?

What's the best alternative which can copy/move files based on create date?

mrMister

9:53 am on Jun 12, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I'm pretty sure that RoboCopy works on Windows Server 2008. I don't think they plan to continue supporting the 2003 version.