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Robocopy copying from different drive
I am using robocopy to transfer files from an old laptop drive to an external drive because I believe the hard drive is close to failure. I ran the program with these arguments
robocopy D:\ E:\...
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Does using command line robocopy effect drive life?
I use the cmd command "robocopy" to back up a folder on an ssd to an internal backup drive though a bat file. The command I use:
robocopy "X:\Source Folder" "P:\Backups\Source ...
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Why are 16 threads more efficient than 8 on an i7 with hyperthreaded 4 cores? (Robocopy)
In Windows 8.1, I am using Robocopy to save 2 servers' data onto a dedicated PC's storage space. The data volume is 147,314 files in 4,110 folders (66,841,845,760 bytes).
All 3 involved PCs feature ...
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Do many Robocopy threads harm conventional hard disks?
I spent some hours with creating a batch file to run a save from different servers onto a dedicated backup server, using Robocopy. All participating machines have an Intel i7 CPU with 4 cores. Due to ...
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How to maintain data integrity on rather large external harddisc (with robocopy or other tool)?
I'm having almost 8TB of valuable media (well personally valuable) on an external 8TB HD.
In order to have a backup when it crashes one day, I have second HD to which I regularly copy all the files:
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What is fastest for nightly Windows7 local drive to USB external drive backup: ROBOCOPY, XCOPY, or BeyondCompare? [closed]
I have a batch file that backs up all my work every night.
It copies my internal C: an SSD to my primary external USB-3.0 hard disk, and also that primary external hard disk to a secondary external ...
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Robocopy what is the command to copy a dvd to my Hard Drive excluding a Folder?
I want to copy all the folders, subdirectories and files from a DVD to my hard drive excluding a Subdirectory, using Robocopy, what is the command for this task using this path?
Copy all from D:\ ...
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File copy software that first checks for errors and than copies only undamaged files? [closed]
I'm trying to copy files from a damaged HDD to a fine one (both connected via USB 3.0 under Windows 8.1) but I'm having a hard time since it's more than 1TB of data. I'm using robocopy with r:0 and w:...
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