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| Thread ID: 112326 | 2010-09-01 06:34:00 | Just curious........Why is it that......... | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 1133659 | 2010-09-01 22:35:00 | Copying folders and files from a hard disk to a memory stick by drag & drop is not a reliable process? : Exactly correct. Copy & paste/dragdrop is NOT a good backup method with multiple files. It can just exit/stop the copy without warning (same with old xcopy) Memory sticks arnt as reliable as some would believe- you want the backup as reliable as pos, so either alternate between a few different sticks or get 1 or 2 USB HD's (BRANDED models) Using a USB HD then NTFS format it. Not a deal killer to use Fat32 format unless you have large size files (eg a large email PST) Plenty of good sync/backup programs , comodo(??), syncbackse etc. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1133660 | 2010-09-02 06:11:00 | The stick holds the last file lift off my data drive before I euthanised the old box. Before I bought this Toshiba I bought an 8GB (brand forgotten) on run-out at DSE. That one died in minutes so I exchanged it for another, and that locked up the old box at random then it died too so it went back and I opted fro the Toshiba. That appeared to take all the files in one smooth run but as I now find, left a few behind. Format of the old data HDD was FAT 32, I didn't realise I might need to format the stick, every other one I've had came pre-formatted including a 512kb ScanDisk bought in the US when that was BIG and two 1GB Kingstons give away free by Telecom. Surely it wouldn't accept files if it needed formatting? It didn't abort the transfer, I'm sure of that because just about everything on the disk made it over, it is just the odd one or two that are missing (that I know of :D might have to boot the old box and do a file count to see how many I'm short.) Actually, I think I might just bypass that drama, the old girl will probably spit the dummy anyway, so I'll just take the old data drive out and put it in an external USB enclosure, then do a file count comparison. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1133661 | 2010-09-03 02:02:00 | If the PC's HD is fat32, then fat32 will be OK for the backup device. It only really matters if you have 2G+ files (eg email psts), however NTFS is more robust When copy & paste has any sort of issue , it will just crash out/stop the copy. This may have been what happened Another option is to use a 3rd party file manager, it will give a prompt on any copy issues & you will see files Win tries to hide Also good for your file by file comparison you want to do. http://www.ghisler.com/ Total commander Ive been using this for years or www.codesector.com teracopy, a copy tool that improves on Win copy & paste. Again this will give waring on any copy issues & will que up copy & pastes. You could buy a IDE to USB converter instead of USB HD case to get at you old data on the old HD |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1133662 | 2010-09-03 10:57:00 | You could buy a IDE to USB converter instead of USB HD case to get at you old data on the old HD Thanks, but I've already got an old DSE external USB enclosure that makes it real easy to swap over the HDD. I even used it to copy the files off my son's iRiver MP3 HDD via an adapter so that I could transfer them to his new player. I think I'll try to make that a weekend project, it'll keep Mrs T off my back for a while. Cheers Billy 8-{) If your wife keeps getting on your back, you are doing it the wrong way round!:D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1133663 | 2010-09-03 11:05:00 | If your wife keeps getting on your back, you are doing it the wrong way round!:D :lol: |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1133664 | 2010-09-03 21:31:00 | Have been using Teracopy for a while now.Like it because of this........ "In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skip the file, not terminating the entire transfer" |
Neil McC (178) | ||
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