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To use it, open a Command Prompt or cmd on Windows XP and direct it to the directory where you have extracted the Hobocopy files to by using the cd change directory command. It then copies from the snapshot rather than the "live" disk. Because HoboCopy copies from a VSS snapshot, it is able copy even files that are in locked by some other program. Saturday, January 29, Hobocopy comes back to life Hobocopy is like a lite robocopy, but with Volume Shadow Service support, i. March 1, GPL. Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Files locked by VSS-unaware programs will still be copied in a "crash consistent"state i. Usage is quite straightforward, simply supply a source path and name of a single file and a destination folder argument to the command, make sure to include quotes if spaces are involved:.

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Click the Dump button and choose the save location and filename, make sure to use the same filename and include the extension. In contrast with Robocopy, which is a full-featured backup tool, HoboCopy encases a limited set of functions that arrange for basic backup and copy operations.

The Windows repair disk attempted some fixes and still no luck. Although it still works fine, HoboCopy itself was discontinued by its author in favor of ShadowSpawn, which is below.

I've created the hobocopy Google groupand I've moved the code to its new home on GitHub. More advanced backup options should be considered in future releases, so as to increase its value on the software market. Here we show you 7 different tools that can get access to those locked or in use files allowing you to copy or back them up manually.

It then copies from the snapshot rather than the "live" disk. Note that I could easily take a couple of more posts coming from you, no offense thus said ; My first git account: For advanced users PC Hunter is hobocopj very capable at deleting hard to remove files and registry entries honocopy it needs to be used with care.

Even though the program features support for basic backup operations, it is not recommended to use it on important data.

The biggest obvious difference is the fact RawCopy is used from the command line only and has no user interface. I was greeted by a BSOD and my system will no longer boot.

First I had hogocopy install "ShadowCopy" and "vcredist", and ran "net start vss", then "cmd" to get the command-line editor.

Anonymous August 8, at 5: The program resembles Robocopy to some extent and was inspired by it, hobocop there are several significant differences between the two. I can think of at least three good reasons to do it. PC Hunter is actually an advanced anti rootkit tool that operates at an extremely low level on the system, as a result it may trigger an alert in your antivirus.

It can be downloaded here:. Of course I have far hobocoppy projects I want to tackle than I could do in a decade of Fridays, but still, I figured that hobocopy deserves some love. This is generally a lot better than not being able to copy the file at all. This has the side effect of bypassing locking or in use restrictions imposed by hobocoph operating system.

Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read more about hobocopy here and here.

7 Tools to Copy Locked or In Use Files

Right click on the entry, select Save hoboxopy disk and choose the folder you want to save to. Anonymous January 31, at 3: It can be used that way, but it doesn't do a few things that "real" backup tools to.

In my case, I have extracted the files onto a folder on my Desktop the directory must be specified in hobocooy quotes if a space character was used in any of the folders' names:. So I felt bad that I had let development languish. Right click on the file and choose Copy to. I created a batch file to copy flash videos in the temp folder.

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