Copying files from one media to another results in "read only"

[joeB]

I currently have two computers running Windows XP Pro SP2. They are
connected via ethernet, peer-to-peer. I am trying to move about 3 gigabytes
of files from one machine to another by copying them over the network. I am
able to do this successfully, however, the copied files are all set as "read
only" on the destination computer. How can I copy these files so that they
do not show up as "read only" versions on the destination computer? Thanks
for your help!

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

First, they must not be read only in the original file (copy to a folder, and
change them with the 'attrib' utility)
Second, use the /K switch of XCopy to copy the files to the destination.

Let's say E: is your DVD drive, and your local C: drive has a "C:/ready'
folder. You want to copy without read-only to the other machine,
"//them/d:/there/"

xcopy E:/*.* C:/ready/ /s
attrib -r C:/ready/*.* /s
xcopy c:/ready/*.* //them/d:/there/ /s /k
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"joeB" wrote:

> I currently have two computers running Windows XP Pro SP2. They are
> connected via ethernet, peer-to-peer. I am trying to move about 3 gigabytes
> of files from one machine to another by copying them over the network. I am
> able to do this successfully, however, the copied files are all set as "read
> only" on the destination computer. How can I copy these files so that they
> do not show up as "read only" versions on the destination computer? Thanks
> for your help!