A desktop technician is responsible for the OS migration of 300 end users. As part of the migration, the technician must save the end users* data to a temporary shared drive. The data must include…

The correct answer is A. robocopy. robocopy (Robust File Copy) is a Windows command-line tool that copies all files, including hidden and system files, by default without needing additional flags. This makes it the best choice for complete data migrations. xcopy can copy hidden files, but requires the explicit…

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A desktop technician is responsible for the OS migration of 300 end users. As part of the migration, the technician must save the end users* data to a temporary shared drive. The data must include any hidden files to ensure 100% of the data is retained. Which of the following commands will achieve this result by default?

Options

Arobocopy
Bcopy
Cxcopy
Dcp

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A
82% (45)
B
2% (1)
C
11% (6)
D
5% (3)

Explanation

robocopy (Robust File Copy) is a Windows command-line tool that copies all files, including hidden and system files, by default without needing additional flags. This makes it the best choice for complete data migrations. xcopy can copy hidden files, but requires the explicit /H flag - it does not include them by default. The basic copy command does not copy hidden or system files. cp is a Linux/Unix command and is not available natively in Windows. Since the requirement is to capture 100% of data including hidden files by default, robocopy is the correct answer.

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