Network Share/Copy Error Detection/Correction

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Richard

I'm working with large files (1 GB +) across a WAN. A
Windows/2000 desktop communicating with a Windows/NT
server (Will be Windows/2000 server soon.). Many times
when the files reach their destination the software I'm
using reports the file as corrupted or "missing
components" or sometimes some time when accessing the same
large files across the WAN. I can run the program again,
and it will work without error messages, the problem is
intermittent.
A few questions:
Is there error detection/correction when using cut
and paste to copy files?
Would ROBOCOPY be better?
Are there error messages in the event log? Or
somewhere else?
Are there any Windows options I can set to enhance
data integrity?
 
Richard wrote:
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A few questions:
Is there error detection/correction when using cut
and paste to copy files?
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Nope - it's all or nothing at all, AFAIK
Would ROBOCOPY be better?
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Yes indeed - it will show you the status and also retry X times, waiting X
seconds between tries, if you specify that. If this is a frequent file copy,
create a batch file so you don't have to memorize all the robocopy
parameters & remember them....
 
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