Win XP Pro Explorer Move does it verify after moving?

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Adam L. Kehl

Win XP Pro SvcPk3 using Win Explorer
When you move files by right clicking and dragging, does it verify the file
after moving it (like copy does by default)?

Is there a more reliable way of moving large groups of files? (Some of my
computers are hardwired and others use wifi.) I'd rather the move take twice
as long and be able to rest assured nothing is wrong with the files when
complete.

Much Thanks.
Sincerely,
Adam
 
Adam said:
Win XP Pro SvcPk3 using Win Explorer
When you move files by right clicking and dragging, does it verify the
file after moving it (like copy does by default)?

Is there a more reliable way of moving large groups of files? (Some of my
computers are hardwired and others use wifi.) I'd rather the move take
twice as long and be able to rest assured nothing is wrong with the files
when complete.
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Best practice is to copy the files instead of moving them. The extra step of
deleting them from the source computer is well worth the insurance that
your files won't disappear if something goes wrong in the move.

Malke
 
Malke said:
Best practice is to copy the files instead of moving them. The extra
step of deleting them from the source computer is well worth the
insurance that your files won't disappear if something goes wrong in
the move.

Malke
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If SP is up to date, that's how it works now. Here, at least. If a
Move fails, the originals are still there; they don't delete until after
the copy operation.

However, that doesn't answer the verify question. I've never had a
glitch during a move or copy operation, but I've also never seen
anything that indicates any kind of checks with the windows copy/move
functions. With copy or xcopy at the Command Prompt, you can tell it to
verify, but even that's not a crc or hash verification; just an
indicator that something was copied and finished without errors.
XXCopy (www.xxcopy.com) will let you do that but its learning curve
is a bit steep. Once you get into it though, there's nothing it cannot
do from the Command Prompt, it seems<g>. .
I've also read that robocopy or something like that is now
recommended by windows? Maybe it can do a real verification too; never
used it.

HTH,

Twayne`
 
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