Questions tagged [robocopy]
Robocopy (or "Robust File Copy") is a command-line directory replication command.
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Changing a Backup using xcopy to one using robocopy in Win 11
In a Windows 11 Pro and Office 21 Pro environment on a Lenovo 13th Gen, Intel i7-55U, 16GB, 64 bit, Notebook, are there any pitfalls in an incremental copy of Dir/files from external drive F to ...
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The same robocopy command is extremely slow on one computer and very fast on the other
I am facing the problem that the same robocopy command has totally different execution times on two different computers.
The source is a Windows Server 2016 Standard. There is a directory with approx. ...
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Google Drive Desktop wasn't moving file, it's moved the file to trash then reuploading when moved by robocopy
So, I'm applying this 3-2-1 backup rule.
Folder form ssd-sync is synced to vhd-sync through robocopy, here is the argument command.
robocopy D:\ssd-sync E:\vhd-sync /LOG+:D:\ssd-sync\robocopy-...
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Why robocopy does not copy some files perfectly?
Here, NTUSER.DAT is different between the 2 different files. As if they're not overriden as they're supposed to.
The statement I use is this
robocopy "D:\Users\TeguhProg" "C:\Users\...
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robocopy XD exclude does not seem to work sometimes
For example:
robocopy c:\folder d:\folder /MIR /ZB /FFT /MT:32 /R:10 /W:5 /NP /XD cache temp /sl /xj
I can clearly see it copying folders with "cache" and "temp" in it. (ie. c:\...
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How to make robocopy overwrite files?
I cannot make robocopy overwrite files.
I need to get copy speed stats on one big file but the file to copy is skipped once already copied :
PS C:\> ls ~/Downloads/19041.1.191206-1406....
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How can all files on my drive suddenly have modified timestamps set to 1 hour newer than a week ago?
I regularly back up most of my files using Robocopy using the mirror function.
I haven't noticed anything odd in the past days, since I most frequently backup to another SSD. But to my horror, when ...
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robocopy recursive - trying to copy particular files from source to destination
I have a folder structure, let's call it C:\source, and beneath it are various folders. In those folders are a variety of files. I want robocopy to copy all .DOC files in the entire source tree to a ...
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Add confirmation after executing ROBOCOPY command
I have started to use ROBOCOPY command a lot. I use ROBOCOPY source destination /MIR. Is there any way to add confirmation, "y/n" after the command is executed, but not actually ran. So I ...
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Can I use Robocopy /move yet still preserve creation and modified timestamps of all directories and subdirectories?
I am trying to move all files and directories and subdirectories including empty ones while preserving both creation and modified timestamps. I tried robocopy but it seems no matter what parameter I ...
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Rotate destination folder with Robocopy
I use this command Robocopy D:\DIR1 E:\DIR2 /MIR to keep the contents of two folders synchronized:
How do I keep 5 separate copies of the target folder, while deleting the sixth-oldest one?
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Robocopy /Purge /Move - at what point/how will destination folders/files be deleted?
I have read both At what point does Robocopy overwrite a file? and At what point does Robocopy overwrite a file?, and neither seem to address my question or I'm totally clueless. Example(s):
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Robocopy /MOVE, directory\tree not recreated, Win-11\Home
The line below previously worked with Win-10\Home; dir\tree remained intact.
robocopy D:\ A:\Bak_Up /E /ZB /dcopy:dat /LOG:A:\Bak_Up.log /TEE
By comparison, using Win-11\Home from the below .bat, ...
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Robocopy from corrupted SD Card hangs on some files despite /R:0 /W:0. Manually adding each to /XF list and reruning is too slow. How can I automate?
I'm trying to recover thousands of photos and videos from a corrupted SD Card.
I've tried to recover the SD Card with chkdsk /F /R /X . Here is the relevant output:
"Corruption was found while ...
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Robocopy copy: report: Dirs, Files, and Bytes are all 0 for Extras, but Times is 0:00:01. Why?
I copied a few files with robocopy on Windows 10. In the final report, Dirs, Files, and Bytes are all 0 for Extras, however Times is 0:00:01 for Extras. How is that possible?
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How to have robocopy search subdirectories inside of source folder for the files to move?
I am using a recording program to record clips of games, and the program I am using records full sessions with the full session recording files being saved MKV files in my F:\Videos\Clips folder. ...
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Count matches from robocopy output in powershell
I have the following robocopy command line:
robocopy $drv "B:\Blending Produções - Backup\Blending Produções - Tyrone Hirt - BC" /e /NJH /NDL /NC /BYTES /MT:4 /l /xd /A-:SH $IgnorarPastas /...
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Why am I seeing low transfer speed with Robocopy between two external SSDs? [duplicate]
I'm using Robocopy within a PowerShell script to backup my main SSD to another SSD, but I'm having problems with the file transfer speed.
While in Windows Explorer I have writing speeds of 300~400 MB/...
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Copy Program Files folder to another volume
I want to copy C:\Program Files to D:\Programs and place a junction instead.
If I run robocopy "C:\Program Files" D:\Programs /e /copyall /sj /secfix from WRE or any other external ...
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Powershell script with infinite loop and sleep - good or bad? [closed]
So I have been trying to run robocopy in silent mode with task scheduler, however the powershell or bat script would always pop up whenever a new instance is launched with task scheduler. I found a ...
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Robocopy extremely low performance copying from Synlogy SMB
I want to occasionally backup a media library which is located on my NAS to another drive (6TB WD RED HDD; produced in 2019). The drive is located in my main PC and connected through SATA.
The NAS and ...
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Robocopy with Task scheduler in invisible mode for KIOSK mode or alternative
Computer Setup: Computer in KIOSK mode through Shelllauncher on Windows 10 LTSC.
Problem trying to solve: I am looking to move local files on network drive.
Solution I found which have some gaps: ...
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Preserving Quick Access Pins and Libraries with Robocopy
So I've had an external drive that I kept plugged into my laptop that later started having connection issues. I decided to use Robocopy to transfer the files over to a new drive with (effectively) the ...
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Does Robocopy's /ZB option switch modes on a per file or per transfer basis?
Robocopy's command guide describes /zb as an option that "Copies files in restartable mode. If file access is denied, switches to backup mode."
However, this is somewhat ambiguous. When ...
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Is robocopy syncing files, copying them or syncing with the right parameter? [duplicate]
I want to do something like this
https://www.ubackup.com/synchronization/robocopy-two-way-sync-8523.html
I got the impression that robocopy is syncing.
That is it looks like if the file is older or ...
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What does ^& mean in a bat script? [duplicate]
According to the link:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-hpc-server-2008/ff182367(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
robocopy c:\dirA c:\dirB *.* ^& IF %...
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RoboCopy to hidden shadow drive partition; error code reads as Invalid Parameter #26 :x\
I am currently attempting to set up a mirroring of my C:\ drive. I read online that using Robocopy was the best way to set this up. I have put together the following string of robocopy options,
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Robocopy from many subfolders to a single output folder?
I'm using robocopy to search for a lot of old Illustrator files to convert. They reside in countless folders, and I want to copy all of them to a new working folder so I can batch process them.
My ...
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Using robocopy on windows led to infinite subfolder duplication via a stray shortcut file.... How can I avoid this?
I ran robocopy on my system (with all apps I could close, closed) and tried to rip the entirety of my C drive to a different drive.
Im not sure why but, there was a systemlink in the C drive called &...
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Robocopy folder and subfolders and files WITHOUT permissions , only datas
I'm currently doing a file server migration using Robocopy.
I used the following commands to copy the folder to new server WITHOUT security permissions.
I want to copy only folder & files / ...
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ROBOCOPY how to exclude existing files by name only
Here (Does Robocopy SKIP copying existing files by default?) it says ROBOCOPY will by default overwrite files if they differ by name or last write date or size.
However I am looking for a ROBOCOPY ...
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first time robocopy and my files are gone
I just tried robocopy for the first time and my folder is gone. This is the command I used:
robocopy E:\folder G:\
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robocopy G:\ E:\folder
my folder at E:\ is not showing. The used space is ...
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Robocopy exclude folders by wildcard
I have folders structure like this.
C:\MyFolder\http+++one\
C:\MyFolder\http+++two\
C:\MyFolder\http+++three\
C:\MyFolder\Other+++One\
C:\MyFolder\Other+++Two\
C:\MyFolder\Other+++Three\
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Robocopy /purge not purging and /XD not excluding directories?
I'm trying to build Robocopy scripts to replicate my old synctoy but I seem to have something wrong with my syntax.
With the below command I want to exclude ..\local settings\Temp and ... \local ...
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How can I move a folder without encountering issues related to cyclic folders and excessive disk space consumption?
I'm using the following command to move a folder:
robocopy "C:\Users\TTHCMM" "D:\C_Drive\Users\TTHCMM" /E /MT:32 /NFL /NDL /NJH /NJS
However, I've noticed that this command can ...
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RoboCopy Resume large file
I've read through the other posts I've found, but my experience seems to be different. I am definitely not a superuser and I inherited the Robocopy process we use, but in the nutshell, I map a ...
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How to get a results ouput file from running a copy operation against a server list?
We have a batch file that we use to (robo)copy scripts to various computers on our network.
We need be able to write the result of the copy operation (success or fail) to an output file including the ...
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RoboCopy slower than Xcopy? (Windows 10)
I'd been using xcopy in a backup script but every so often xcopy would fail with "insufficient memory" when a pathname would sneak into the backup set that exceeded 254 characters. Lots of ...
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Robocopy: Multiple Robocopy to one log file
I'm looking for a way to log the results of multiple Robocopy runs from one bat script to one logfile so it's possible to lookup any errors in just one logfile. Is this possible? This is my script:
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robocopy: copying data from source to dest ends up with total file size a lot bigger than the original
I have a 5TB external drive (WD My Passport, lets call it drive E:) and I want to move all the data to another identical drive (5TB WD My Passport, lets call it drive F:) because my first drive starts ...
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USB Drive Bulk Copy Failure Windows 10 + 7
I'm trying to copy about 60 GB of files off a 64 GB USB drive onto a new 128 GB USB Drive under Win10 using robocopy. I can copy about 50GB but then the copying stops, without reporting any errors. ...
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Robocopy: ERROR 87 (0x00000057) Time-Stamping Destination Directory
I'm using robocopy to copy files from a CD drive to a SATA drive in USB-to-SATA enclosure. This is the command that I'm using:
FOR /F "tokens=6" %%a IN ('vol e:') DO SET var=%%a
md k:\%var%
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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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Making Functional Robocopy Backup Script?
I cannot for the life of me get the thing to run on a new user laptop setup I'm working on. I'm hoping someone can help. I have been trying to search forums and YouTube videos but would really benefit ...
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I do not understand robocopy report
I am using the following command:
robocopy "h:/.backup-ship/" "../.backup-ship/" /MIR /NDL /MT
robocopy report writes:
I do not understand the row "Files". Should not ...
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Robocopy over SMB from Windows 11 to MacOS Catalina Locks folders and makes backup fail
I am trying to backup an external hard drive on my Windows machine to an external hard drive on my iMac running macOS Catalina. I am using Robocopy batch file to mirror the 2 drives. The code I am ...
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Can Robocopy copy, without replacing: changed, newer or older files?
I’m trying to copy all files that are:
changed (i.e.: they have a different size in either source or target)
Newer or older (they have a newer or older timestamp, i.e.: different date modified or ...
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How to copy files in File Explorer while preserving all Metadata attributes: Including Last Accessed Date, Modified Date, etc
I have scoured superuser for an answer, and have found similar questions, but none of them talk about preserving the Last Accessed Date. I have already wanted to archive all the last accessed dates on ...
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How to make ROBOCOPY /MIR actually mirror properly when excluding files/dirs?
I have this test dir structure:
├───dir1
│ New Text Document.txt
│ thumbcache_123.db
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New Text Document.txt
thumbcache_123.db
If I run this command:
ROBOCOPY &...
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Robocopy specific files from subdirectories to a single directory
I want to copy files within many sub-directories that match specific pattern to a new directory. I don't want to copy the folder structure as I want all of the copied files to be contained within a ...
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