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i'm generally overly paranoid when it comes to these sorts of things so want to double check.
i have about 600GB of movies on one hard drive and want to copy/paste them to a brand new drive. same file system (ntfs). all the movies were saved in 'file' format not as iso's. is there anything i need to worry about if i just copy/paste them onto new drive in Windows 7?
is there a better way that may keep any minor data corruption to a minimum? will it even be an issue at all?
thanks.
Since you are doing "Copy" and paste and not "CUT" and paste, the original files should remain in good shape.
To be super safe - copy them in smaller groups.
Copy Cut Paste is Not a good idea to begin with for Files copy.
Use Windows Explorer hi-lite the File/Files to be copied pull down the Edit Menu and use the Copy to Folder.
When the Drive/Folder choices opens, maneuver the File/Files to the destination Folder (If you move many Files do it in chunks of about 5-10 big Files at the time).
Use Copy and delete the originals only after making sure that the Copies are good.
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Personally I always use robocopy for my operations. robocopy \\sourcepath \\destpath /e /r:1 /w:0
I also use /COPYALL if you need security descriptors and such and also /MIR if you need the dest to look identical, however be careful with /MR as it can and will delete directories at the dest if they don't exist in the source.
I generally never move files or "cut" for larger operations. I only delete the originals once I am sure they are have successfully made it to the destination.
humm Ive always used the small program called teracopy have never had a problem
thanks for the replies...some good info. going to give it a go tonight and tomorrow. i'm actually going to have to delete the originals as i just realized after rebuilding my computer....my mobo only has 5 sata plugs. looks like i'm going to have to get rid of smallest drive (current windows OS) and use above mentioned drive with movies on it as new windows main drive.
Just as info.
The current tendency among heavy users is to Use small SSD Drive, about 60 -120 GB ($60 - $100) as Drive C: with the Boot OS.
The result can speed many of the computer's functions as much as x2.
For Storage you can get an additional 1 - 2 TB drive ( $70 - $100), and you will be all set for few years.
Adding to the few copy apps that were mentioned above.
This one is very good too and has free version (see at the bottom of this page) - http://www.easersoft.com/product.html
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I wanted to share what I usually do copying/transferring big size of file.
Make back a backup of the files to have one big backup file then restore it on the computer it should be.
i ended up using teracopy to move the files around. really nice little program. i then bought acronis' Migrate Easy to copy my main drive (100GB) to a 500GB drive i originally had movies on. worked flawlessly and really simple. teracopy was nice. has the ability to copy/crc check. then if all is well i can delete the originals. not bad...moved 1TB of movies so far and no issues yet. ended up unplugging my original 100GB drive and leaving it in my case. if somehow my main drive goes south (500GB) due to virus etc....i can use acronis again and just transfer it back from the original to restore it.
got a nice little 2TB drive from newegg. should hold me over for a few weeks or so :P SSD's are nice but not enough $$$ that will be a future upgrade. need a nice new monitor first. my old 15" NEC is still going strong but seems so small now.Quote:
Originally Posted by cat5e