If you wan to copy full directories to another location try this, cd to the windows command folder, then use xcopy to copy the folders: her isthe syntax ( I think this is right /e /v the latter syntax might be /f instead of /v I cannot remember off hand. (it has been a while since I have had to do this.) eg. c:windows\command:>xcopy c:\backup /e /v d:\backup\9-27-01  I hope this helps.....