Copy all files from usb to a folder

[Fairadir]

I'm looking for a way to copy all files from my usb to a folder on my computer, but I have no idea how copy works.

Could anyone post an example?

Thanks. 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Go into the USB drive, press CTRL + C, then navigate to another folder on your hard disk and press CTRL + V.

[Fairadir]

LOL, I mean by using a batch file.

[Woodman]

Where Z: is the drive letter of the usb device and C: is the destination drive:

Copy "Z:\*.*"  "C:\DestinationFolder\" > nul

But, if the usb device contains folders/subfolders then the better command is XCOPY.  At a command prompt enter XCOPY/? | MORE to view the switches available.

Good luck.

[squall_01]

woodman is right but how far did you want to go with it?

[Ädamas]

Code: [Select]

xCopy /s "Z:\*.*"  "C:\DestinationFolder\" > nul
/s Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.

[squall_01]

the code is wrong, which probably wont do anything.

[Aegis]

the code is wrong, which probably wont do anything.

What code is wrong?  Can it be corrected?

[squall_01]

Code: [Select]

xCopy /s "Z:\*.*"  "C:\DestinationFolder\" > nul
/s Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.

Yes, I wanted him to figure it out. 

[BC_Programmer]

If he could figure it out himself then what is the forum for? Moral support?

[macdad-]

He would have to mod the code to allow the Name(Drive Letter) of the USB drive to copy the files to.

Code: [Select]

@echo off
echo.Enter USB Drive Letter to copy to:
set /p letter=
echo.
echo.Enter Path to be copied:
set /p fldr=
echo.
xcopy /S %fldr% %letter%
pause
Hope this helps
,Nick(macdad-)

[squall_01]

it appearntly didnt post.  I ment that the user who started the post wanted to just make a batch but the guy gave him a code that maybe nulled or not see the switch at all.

[TheShadow]

Using XCOPY, the switches should be placed after the two path statements.

XCOPY "Z:\*.*" "C:\USBFiles\" /s

or something like that. 

I use an XCOPY batch file to back up all MY Documents and other selected folders, every day in conjunction with my Quick Shutdown routine.
Using the correct switches, you can backup only new or changed files and not the entire source directory.

[squall_01]

thanks for ruining the lessons.

[Aegis]

How does that ruin anything?  It's another suggestion, another way to try to copy the files.

I tried to do an xcopy about a year ago, under similar circumstances (files to a flash drive) and couldn't get it to work at all.

Maybe something on this thread will work.