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Discus and support Windows 11's robocopy Fails to copy files that XCOPY Subsequently copies in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I'm hitting a problem with ROBOCOPY reporting a large number of FAILED copies. It doesn't tell me which files are failed, however having repeated the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by EnglishmanInJapan, Oct 20, 2023.

  1. ENGLISHMANINJAPAN
    EnglishmanInJapan Win User

    Windows 11's robocopy Fails to copy files that XCOPY Subsequently copies


    I'm hitting a problem with ROBOCOPY reporting a large number of FAILED copies. It doesn't tell me which files are failed, however having repeated the copy a couple of times, anything reported as being a "New File" immediately drew my attention, and indeed when checking the Target drive, I found that the files hadn't been copied.I'm copying from a NAS drive to a USB DAS drive with the command: robocopy "s": "d:" /s /e /r:3 /w:3 /z /LOG:c:\temp\copy0001.logFor the files that weren't copied, there appears to be no problems accessing them, attributes are simply "A" and I don't see anything untowa

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    EnglishmanInJapan, Oct 20, 2023
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  2. HAT
    hat Win User

    Copy entire drive?

    I need to copy the contents of an entire drive over to another one. Cloning applications aren't working for me because the source drive is larger than the destination drive (the amount of data actually present will fit on the destination drive no problem, however).

    I've tried xcopy and robocopy, but xcopy fails evidently because some file names are too long, and robocopy fails because it can't copy some protected system files.
     
    hat, Oct 20, 2023
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  3. TEMP02
    temp02 Win User
    Java.nio.file - Copying files

    You can't copy a folder, thats why it generates an exception (you are trying to copy a folder using a copy file function).
    You probably need to list all the files inside that folder and copy one by one
     
    temp02, Oct 20, 2023
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  4. HSEHESTEDT
    hsehestedt Win User

    Windows 11's robocopy Fails to copy files that XCOPY Subsequently copies

    Robocopy vs Copy-paste  

    Actually, that command won't list files that are not being copied BUT it lists all the directories that it traverses. To suppress that. simply tack on a /NDL (No Directory Listing). In the sample output below, note that the folder I am mirroring has 820 directories and 2708 files. The folders are already synced so not a single file or directory is displayed in the output. Code:
     
    hsehestedt, Oct 20, 2023
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