Need file copier that doesn't abort on error

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Rili

Dont you hate it when you are copying multiple files and directories and
something causes the process to abort somewhere in the middle but you dont
know what it has and has not copied. Anyone come across a tool that manages
this sort of thing better then Windows XP?

Cheers

P
 
Dont you hate it when you are copying multiple files and directories and
something causes the process to abort somewhere in the middle but you dont
know what it has and has not copied. Anyone come across a tool that manages
this sort of thing better then Windows XP?
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I use

yCopy freeware
http://www.ruahine.com/

Why not just use the regular windows copy functions then?
Well if you've made it as far as this page chances are you may already be
aware of the problem. You put the old hard disk in your machine along with
the new drive which is to receive the old data. Then you set it copying
using standard explorer cut and paste. This is fine as long as there are no
problems with the file system on the original disk. But...as soon as the
copy in progress finds a file which can't be copied (for whatever reason,
file system corruption say) the copy process stops. Leaving you with the
time consuming and rather mundane task of trying to workout where and why
the file copy stopped and what files remain to be copied.

How does Ycopy help?
Ycopy will copy the files from one drive to another just like a regular
copy. The difference being that when it encounters a file that it can't copy
(for whatever reason) it doesn't just give up. Instead it makes a note of
the file(s) that couldn't be copied and moves on to the next one. When the
copy process completes you are left with a printable report that you can
then give to the client detailing the files which were unable to be copied.
Making the job not only easier and much more predictable for you (you set it
going and leave it to get on with the job, no more wasted time poring over
directories and files) but more professional from the customers perspective
(not only did you copy all their precious data that you could but you've
given them a detailed list of files that were unable to be saved due to
problems with the original disks file system.)


Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard
 
Message-ID said:
Dont you hate it when you are copying multiple files and directories and
something causes the process to abort somewhere in the middle but you dont
know what it has and has not copied. Anyone come across a tool that manages
this sort of thing better then Windows XP?

Cheers

P
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I've had pretty good results using Unstoppable Copier

http://www.roadkil.net/

It does work with Win XP, but but I haven't had any real problems with
copying on my current XP Home setup to test it with. I used to have a
wireless Win 98 network that occasionally gave me fits with aborting a
copy operation, but this little utility worked every time.

Ron M.
 
Thanks, I'll check it out.



Thorkild Dalsgaard said:
I use

yCopy freeware
http://www.ruahine.com/

Why not just use the regular windows copy functions then?
Well if you've made it as far as this page chances are you may already be
aware of the problem. You put the old hard disk in your machine along with
the new drive which is to receive the old data. Then you set it copying
using standard explorer cut and paste. This is fine as long as there are
no
problems with the file system on the original disk. But...as soon as the
copy in progress finds a file which can't be copied (for whatever reason,
file system corruption say) the copy process stops. Leaving you with the
time consuming and rather mundane task of trying to workout where and why
the file copy stopped and what files remain to be copied.

How does Ycopy help?
Ycopy will copy the files from one drive to another just like a regular
copy. The difference being that when it encounters a file that it can't
copy
(for whatever reason) it doesn't just give up. Instead it makes a note of
the file(s) that couldn't be copied and moves on to the next one. When the
copy process completes you are left with a printable report that you can
then give to the client detailing the files which were unable to be
copied.
Making the job not only easier and much more predictable for you (you set
it
going and leave it to get on with the job, no more wasted time poring over
directories and files) but more professional from the customers
perspective
(not only did you copy all their precious data that you could but you've
given them a detailed list of files that were unable to be saved due to
problems with the original disks file system.)


Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard
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Ron May said:
I've had pretty good results using Unstoppable Copier

http://www.roadkil.net/

It does work with Win XP, but but I haven't had any real problems with
copying on my current XP Home setup to test it with. I used to have a
wireless Win 98 network that occasionally gave me fits with aborting a
copy operation, but this little utility worked every time.

Ron M.
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I think I've always used Secure Copy when I've had problems. I've
used this to VPN between my home in California and school in New
Jersey, where a lot of large transfers were aborted. This tool wasn't
the fastest, but its resume feature is nice.

http://www.pineda.no/products/securecopy/

Bryan
 
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