Cannot copy file with copy command

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I have a large backup file (52GB) that I need to copy to another drive on a
nightly basis. I set up a batch file to do the copy and scheduled it to
run. When I run the batch file I get a not enough disk space error. The
drive with the source file has over 200GB free space and the destination
drive has 230Gb free space. If I simply drag and drop the file it will copy
just fine. I have tried Robocopy, Xcopy, Scopy from the resource kits to no
avail. Is there a file size limitation with these utils? If so is there
another way I can schedule the automatic copy? Thanks.

Ben
 
I have a large backup file (52GB) that I need to copy to another drive on a
nightly basis. I set up a batch file to do the copy and scheduled it to
run. When I run the batch file I get a not enough disk space error. The
drive with the source file has over 200GB free space and the destination
drive has 230Gb free space. If I simply drag and drop the file it will copy
just fine. I have tried Robocopy, Xcopy, Scopy from the resource kits to no
avail. Is there a file size limitation with these utils? If so is there
another way I can schedule the automatic copy? Thanks.
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Hmm, I was thinking that maybe you were copying to a FAT32 volume
which has an 8GB file size limit, but that's not it.

This may help if you are still below SP2 (though I suspect few people
are!)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259837

The article recommend using backup tools to do the transfer I guess by
making a backup to a network share or something.

If that doesn't work, can you tell us what OSes are involved?

Cheers,

Cliff
 
Is the drive mapped at the time the batchfile "runs"? Is the copy
statement written properly?
 
Ben said:
I have a large backup file (52GB) that I need to copy to another drive on a
nightly basis. I set up a batch file to do the copy and scheduled it to
run. When I run the batch file I get a not enough disk space error. The
drive with the source file has over 200GB free space and the destination
drive has 230Gb free space. If I simply drag and drop the file it will copy
just fine. I have tried Robocopy, Xcopy, Scopy from the resource kits to no
avail. Is there a file size limitation with these utils? If so is there
another way I can schedule the automatic copy? Thanks.

Ben
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- Let's have a look at your batch file!
- What do you get when you execute this command:
chkdsk T: /L
(T: is your target drive letter)
 
Thanks for the help, I got it to work. I was using a external USB 2.0 drive
and I just deleted the partition and re created it from dik management. My
copy is functioning now. Thanks for the help.

Ben
 
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