How can I increase speed of xcopy

[stangor]

How can I increase speed of xcopy if I boot computer from DOS floppy disk. If compare with MS-DOS mode from windows, DOS floppy disk doing this in five times slower. I understand, that I cannot rich same speed but maybe a little bit closer.
Thanks a lot.

[POBrien]

copy smartdrv onto your floppy. also make sure the autoexec.bat is on the floppy too. edit the autoexec.bat file. make sure to add smartdrv at the top. as you can see I use smartdrv for my regular boot. I include a meg of cache. you can use a higher amt of ram (like 16384) since it's a boot disk. here's the contents of my autoexec.bat.

@PATH E:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;%PATH%
@echo off
PATH E:\PROGRA~1\WIN98RK;c:\windows;c:\windows\command; c:\;c:\batch
smartdrv.exe 1024 1024
@e:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NORTON~2\NAVDX.EXE /Startup
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:G
LH E:\PROGRA~1\MAGIC\MF.EXE
LH c:\windows\command\mouse.com
undelete.exe /load

make sure to add a:\ to your path statement in the autoexec.bat file.
This tweak speeds up disk operation dramatically.

If you want the full help files of dos (which will give you additional info related to xcopy and smartdrv let me know and I'll email it.


enjoy