Hi Hilmar, thanks for the reply,

>Indeed, the XCOPY command doesn't seem to include a switch to do this. You may need to search for an alternative tool.
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>Perhaps you can find another program, that includes this option. Might be worthwhile to look in www.download.com, or www.tucows.com.

Just done a web-search and downloaded two interesting utilities (both free!) that do an excellent job. XXCopy is an advanced version of XCopy, and is good for commandline stuff and batch files. SyncBack is a wonderful backup tool which does everything I want it to do via a good-looking interface.

Regards,
Alan