Option to "skip all files" when copying?

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I am tranfering music files from PC to PC over home LAN. it takes a long
time and for several reasons I have had to restart.

Windows give me an option to "write over all" existing files in destination,
but do skip a file it only give me an option for one file at a time (I have
2500 files to write). So everytime I restart I have to start from scratch
and rewrite over any existing files.

Is there a way to make widows skip all existing files with a single
instruction...otherwise one has to tap the no button 1000s of times.

any tips?

thanks
 
trs80 said:
I am tranfering music files from PC to PC over home LAN. it takes a long
time and for several reasons I have had to restart.

Windows give me an option to "write over all" existing files in destination,
but do skip a file it only give me an option for one file at a time (I have
2500 files to write). So everytime I restart I have to start from scratch
and rewrite over any existing files.

Is there a way to make widows skip all existing files with a single
instruction...otherwise one has to tap the no button 1000s of times.

any tips?

thanks
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Have you tried not selecting the files that are already copied?
 
no...its very difficult to know what has been copied. there are over 2500
files and every time it stops cuz power goes out or whatever, I have to
start over and copy every files again.

Does it copy in alphabetical order or the order the files appear on the
list.? If thats the case I probably could find the last file on the
destination and start from the next one on the source file list.
 
Mouse drag&drop are designed for user interaction.

If u want batch processing, use the COPY command (in a DOS box), lots
of options, including "don't ask, just DO IT, and don't stop even if
errors." - for the power user only.
 
trs80 said:
no...its very difficult to know what has been copied. there are over 2500
files and every time it stops cuz power goes out or whatever, I have to
start over and copy every files again.

Does it copy in alphabetical order or the order the files appear on the
list.? If thats the case I probably could find the last file on the
destination and start from the next one on the source file list.
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If you plan to remove the files from the source PC after they are
copied, you could use the MOVE command instead of COPY; when moving
files from one PC to another, the file is first copied, then deleted
from the source, so if the process is interrupted, you won't lose a file.

If you're making a backup, there are severals ways. I would use a
command window to create a list of all files to be copied by using the
dir /b >> filelist.txt (add /s if more than one folder is to be
scanned). Then open that file with a text editor like notepad and delete
any that are already in the target directory. Then change the lines that
are left from <filename> to 'copy <filename> <targetdir>'. An editor
that allows keyboard macros would speed this process. Using this
procedure, you could cut the list down into smaller blocks of files, so
not as many would be repeated.
 
Just try some file commander.
My favorite is Total Commander. You can acces shares and copy files. He
gives you the possibility to skip all. Thats all you need. Just give
the trial version a try.
 
Just try some file commander.
My favorite is Total Commander. You can acces shares and copy files. He
gives you the possibility to skip all. Thats all you need. Just give
the trial version a try.
 
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