System files not hidden Win XP

Question

I recently copied my win xp install from one hard to another(via ubuntu live cd)

Everything went well, except that all the hidden system files(boot.ini, ntdlr, io.sys) are no longer hidden.

I tried this:

attrib +s c:/IO.sys

No effect. The files are still visible even though the setting to hide system files is checked.

Any solutions? Thanks.

John T · Answer 1 · 2010-03-12 00:53:09Z

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Try setting the h (hidden) attribute.

attrib +h C:\IO.sys

answered Mar 12 '10 at 0:53

John T
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	attrib +h +s C:\IO.sys That works. Thanks. – ULTRA_POROV Mar 12 '10 at 0:55
	You're very welcome :) – John T Mar 12 '10 at 0:56
	In the future look at using an actual copy utility for this that will preserve attributes vs. just a graphical file manager. That can help avoid having to fix attributes after a copy. – mindless.panda Mar 12 '10 at 2:52
	Yea but with ubuntu its really easy and fast you just copy the files and its done, only drawback is the file attributes. I guess if there is anything better. – ULTRA_POROV Mar 12 '10 at 14:47

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