Note for new visitors: The method described below will work for any Windows volume (not just E2B or .imgPTN files).
If you want to copy a whole partition or make a .imgPTN file from a partition volume by dragging-and-dropping the volume letter icon onto a MPI_FAT32 or MPI_NTFS Desktop shortcut, you may find that the process reports an error if Windows fails to copy some of the protected files and folders that it may already be present on the partition.
You can use strarc to copy all WindowToGo OS files to a different folder and preserve symbolic links, etc.
A simple way to avoid this is to copy the files from the entire USB drive to an empty folder on your PC's hard disk. This way you only copy the files and folders you need. You can then drag-and-drop the folder onto one of the MPI shortcuts.
If using XCOPY to copy files use /cherky instead of /herky so that errors will not stop XCOPY from continuing,
However, it may not be practical to do this, so how do we delete these pesky files and folders?
If you want to copy a whole partition or make a .imgPTN file from a partition volume by dragging-and-dropping the volume letter icon onto a MPI_FAT32 or MPI_NTFS Desktop shortcut, you may find that the process reports an error if Windows fails to copy some of the protected files and folders that it may already be present on the partition.
You can use strarc to copy all WindowToGo OS files to a different folder and preserve symbolic links, etc.
A simple way to avoid this is to copy the files from the entire USB drive to an empty folder on your PC's hard disk. This way you only copy the files and folders you need. You can then drag-and-drop the folder onto one of the MPI shortcuts.
If using XCOPY to copy files use /cherky instead of /herky so that errors will not stop XCOPY from continuing,
However, it may not be practical to do this, so how do we delete these pesky files and folders?