Guest George Adams Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 I'm trying to backup my hard drive by dragging/dropping certain big folders from my main PC (running XP Pro) to my external backup drive. Often I'll drag a huge folder with thousands of files to the backup drive. Many times I'll have a situation where several hundred files are copied over the course maybe 30 minutes, when suddenly I get an error such as: Error Copying File or Folder Access denied The source file may be in use. Now, often it's a file that I don't really care about, so I'd be happy if Windows just ignored it and kept going with the copy. Instead, the entire copy operating grinds to a halt, and there's no easy way for me to resume where it left off, since I can't be sure which files have been copied and which haven't. All I can do is restart the copy operation with that file unselected, have it start ALL OVER again, and hope that it doesn't happen again in 30 minutes on a different file. Is there a way to tell Windows how to resume a copy operation after an error has occurred? Barring that, is there a 3rd-party freeware app that will do it? Thanks to anyone who can help!
Guest Bob I Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: How do I keep Windows "copy files" from dying on an error? learn to use Xcopy, instead of drag and drop. See Windows Help and Support for instructions on usage. George Adams wrote: > I'm trying to backup my hard drive by dragging/dropping certain big > folders from my main PC (running XP Pro) to my external backup drive. > > Often I'll drag a huge folder with thousands of files to the backup > drive. Many times I'll have a situation where several hundred files are > copied over the course maybe 30 minutes, when suddenly I get an error > such as: > > Error Copying File or Folder > Access denied > The source file may be in use. > > Now, often it's a file that I don't really care about, so I'd be happy > if Windows just ignored it and kept going with the copy. Instead, the > entire copy operating grinds to a halt, and there's no easy way for me > to resume where it left off, since I can't be sure which files have been > copied and which haven't. All I can do is restart the copy operation > with that file unselected, have it start ALL OVER again, and hope that > it doesn't happen again in 30 minutes on a different file. > > Is there a way to tell Windows how to resume a copy operation after an > error has occurred? > > Barring that, is there a 3rd-party freeware app that will do it? > > Thanks to anyone who can help!
Guest RalfG Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: How do I keep Windows "copy files" from dying on an error? Try MS SyncToy for copying the remainder of the files. Or all of the files. It's a free program you can find at the MS Download Center. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fc1154-c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7&DisplayLang=en "George Adams" <g_adams27@hotmail.SPAMBGONE.com> wrote in message news:eurbsJG0HHA.5152@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > I'm trying to backup my hard drive by dragging/dropping certain big > folders from my main PC (running XP Pro) to my external backup drive. > > Often I'll drag a huge folder with thousands of files to the backup drive. > Many times I'll have a situation where several hundred files are copied > over the course maybe 30 minutes, when suddenly I get an error such as: > > Error Copying File or Folder > Access denied > The source file may be in use. > > Now, often it's a file that I don't really care about, so I'd be happy if > Windows just ignored it and kept going with the copy. Instead, the entire > copy operating grinds to a halt, and there's no easy way for me to resume > where it left off, since I can't be sure which files have been copied and > which haven't. All I can do is restart the copy operation with that file > unselected, have it start ALL OVER again, and hope that it doesn't happen > again in 30 minutes on a different file. > > Is there a way to tell Windows how to resume a copy operation after an > error has occurred? > > Barring that, is there a 3rd-party freeware app that will do it? > > Thanks to anyone who can help!
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