Copy millions of files in Win XP

[Guest]

I have used File Scavanger to recover a hard drive partition that had a
corrupted MTF, to a fresh hard drive. Now that I have reformated the
original hard drive partition, I need to put them back. I am trying to copy
more then 5 million small (11-15 KB) files (in 90 folders) from one hard
drive partition to another. I am looking for the best way to do this . The
drag and drop method does not work (it works some times if I copy only a few
folders at a time), as the system gets hung up. Xcopy tends to work, unless
if finds an error on the NTFS MFT, or it runs out of resources and crashes
out. Is there any trick, hint, command, or 3rd party software that will alow
me to copy the files with out my intervention. This is not the first time I
have done this, and it will not be my last.
Please HELP!

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have used File Scavanger to recover a hard drive partition that had a
corrupted MTF, to a fresh hard drive. Now that I have reformated the
original hard drive partition, I need to put them back. I am trying to
copy
more then 5 million small (11-15 KB) files (in 90 folders) from one hard
drive partition to another. I am looking for the best way to do this .
The
drag and drop method does not work (it works some times if I copy only a
few
folders at a time), as the system gets hung up. Xcopy tends to work,
unless
if finds an error on the NTFS MFT, or it runs out of resources and crashes
out. Is there any trick, hint, command, or 3rd party software that will
alow
me to copy the files with out my intervention. This is not the first time
I
have done this, and it will not be my last.
Please HELP!

You might try FileSync - www.fileware.com


HTH
-pk

 

[John John]

You can use Robocopy, look for it on Microsoft.com

John

 

[Paul Knudsen]

This is not the first time I
have done this, and it will not be my last.
Please HELP!

Do a backup/restore. You can get a free trial version of Nero.