copy files & folders but skip corrupt

[Will]

I'm trying to copy the files and folders from a damaged hard disk but using
Windows explorer the operation stops when it hits a bad file. Is there a
program which will automatically skip corrupt files and continue copying the
rest. That way I can select the entire disk and leave it to copy all the
usable files across.

 

[Fran]

You can try CDCheck. It's meant to be used for reading corrupt files from
CDs, but it should work with HDD as well.

 

[Art]

I'm trying to copy the files and folders from a damaged hard disk but using
Windows explorer the operation stops when it hits a bad file. Is there a
program which will automatically skip corrupt files and continue copying the
rest. That way I can select the entire disk and leave it to copy all the
usable files across.

What type of file system, FAT32 or NTFS? Have you made sure the file
system itself isn't corrupt by using scandisk or Norton Disk Doctor?
What caused the damage?

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
Free antivirus:
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/KASFX.EXE
http://www.claymania.com/KASFX.EXE
http://tinyurl.com/azzkc

 

[Mel]

I'm trying to copy the files and folders from a damaged hard disk but using
Windows explorer the operation stops when it hits a bad file. Is there a
program which will automatically skip corrupt files and continue copying the
rest. That way I can select the entire disk and leave it to copy all the
usable files across.

Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files
from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just
give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every
readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method
most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not
recoverable in the end.

http://www.roadkil.net/unstopcp.html

 

[Will]

It's NTFS.
I'm not interested in recovering damaged files just quickly skipping them
and getting the rest.

 

[Doc]

I'm trying to copy the files and folders from a damaged hard disk but
using Windows explorer the operation stops when it hits a bad file. Is
there a program which will automatically skip corrupt files and
continue copying the rest. That way I can select the entire disk and
leave it to copy all the usable files across.

YCopy.

http://www.ruahine.com/ycopy.html

<quote>
Ycopy is a useful utility for the intended purpose. It is not a data
recovery tool. It was originally written for and is used at our local
computer store. It is not a cure all. If the original drive is physically
broken in any way then use of Ycopy will most likely not help. It makes
no attempt to restore corrupt files. It is however very good at making
the job of copying existing data to a new drive a much more predictable
and less time consuming operation than it can otherwise turn out to be.

Why not just use the regular windows copy functions then?
Well if you've made it as far as this page chances are you may already be
aware of the problem. You put the old hard disk in your machine along
with the new drive which is to receive the old data. Then you set it
copying using standard explorer cut and paste. This is fine as long as
there are no problems with the file system on the original disk. But...as
soon as the copy in progress finds a file which can't be copied (for
whatever reason, file system corruption say) the copy process stops.
Leaving you with the time consuming and rather mundane task of trying to
workout where and why the file copy stopped and what files remain to be
copied.

 

[Will]

Thankyou everyone who replied to my post. Ycopy is exactly what I want. It
copied 15gb data from a damaged drive skipping 112 files (and without
stopping) and gave me a report on what couldn't be copied.
Excellent and free !!!

PS. Why can't Windows XP just give a report at the end without stopping
every time it hits a bad file?
Sooooooo annoying !!!!