I don't no dip about DOS. How do I transfer all my files to a new hard drive? I think my hard drive is about to crash. It is makeing funky noises.

the /e command tells it to copy everything including subfolders.
Try booting the computer off the cd drive, it may allow you to install vista fresh.

You are asking how to transfer files to a new hard drive using DOS command line?
if you want to transfer all files from c:\ to d:\, do the following in a DOS command line:
cd d:\
xcopy c:\ /e

Why /e? Should it not be /d?

Also, my computer came available for free upgrade to VISTA. I installed it over my XP program. The CD was an express upgrade CD. Does it have alll the files needed to unistall XP and in stall VISTA by itself?

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Type your comment here. You said I need to copy C:\ to E:\ , but my computer has drives C, D, E, F, H, and I. D and E are CD drives. What drive do I run backup to?