Help copying files

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Nicholas Hall

I am trying to copy files from my usb hard drive: K: to my network external
drive Z:
I am trying to copy everything from one to another (files in folders and
files that are not in folders)

I tried selecting all and then send to Z:, but it took about six hours to
copy about 20 gig (I have about 180 gig to copy)

I read some where that robocopy is a faster and better way to copy files.
The thing is I do not know what syntax to use. I was wondering if someone
could tell me the syntax I should use to copy EVERYTHING from the usb drive
K: to the network drive Z:

Many thanks in advance.

NIK
 
I went to command prompt and typed in robocopy/? and looked at all the
syntax and to tell you the truth I was well confused.
I checked out Total Copy, unfortunatly on the web site it says it says it
copys a little quicker. I think i will have to wait till SP1 to come out to
sort out my copying problem out.
At the moment I am copy a gig or two and rebooting the computer and then
copying some more.

Can anyone tell me is robocopy good at copying large ammounts of files from
a usb drive to a network drive?

NIK
 
niks said:
I went to command prompt and typed in robocopy/? and looked at all the
syntax and to tell you the truth I was well confused.
I checked out Total Copy, unfortunatly on the web site it says it says it
copys a little quicker. I think i will have to wait till SP1 to come out
to sort out my copying problem out.
At the moment I am copy a gig or two and rebooting the computer and then
copying some more.

Can anyone tell me is robocopy good at copying large ammounts of files
from a usb drive to a network drive?
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I prefer to use Robocopy to anything else, as it can do just about anything,
including keep the original file creation dates.

You might want to check this GUI for it:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/magazine/cc160891.aspx

ss.
 
After reading posts from this group and having another look at the Robohelp
help files I used this:

robocopy /mir k:\ \\Mybookworld\public\ /XD dirs $RECYCLE.BIN /XN /XO

At the moment it is copying the files and all seems well.

Thank you all for your help and advice

NIK
 
In case you might want to stick with Vista's copy and move: I experienced
a big improvement in file transfer times after I disabled Remote
Differential Compression. Control Panel|Programs and Features|Turn Windows
features on or off|Uncheck Remote Differential Compression. I have seen no
adverse consequences to turning off RDC. Write back if this worked for you.
 
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