 Handling errors while copying |
| Handling errors while copying |
 Oct 3 2008, 03:21 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9  |
Ok, I'm working on a backup of a drive that's slowly dying. I'm down to like the last 15 files or so, but they're big ones. I've been trying to copy them across the network, but every so often the drive will hiccup and interrupt the copy, leaving me with a partial file on the backup drive. Is there any good way to copy files that will try longer to re-establish connection to the source drive before giving up? I've been using cp -rpu on Cygwin since it's slightly less retarded than Windows copy/paste, but it still doesn't have any fault detection/recovery that I know of.
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Oct 3 2008, 03:46 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
try archiving the files to be backed up with WinRAR then copy the archive and un-arc it ...
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Oct 3 2008, 04:25 PM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Oct 3 2008, 04:46 PM)  try archiving the files to be backed up with WinRAR then copy the archive and un-arc it ... whoa! you just made an entire post without referencing tits! --------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Oct 3 2008, 04:55 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
Try that or set up a ftp that supports resume.
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Oct 4 2008, 07:05 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Zipping might work. I'll give it a try Monday. Any other suggestions?
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Oct 5 2008, 10:02 PM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
so did it work? If the index and not the data are corrupted, there are programs out there that can data dump it info. Lance or my brother would probably know more.
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Oct 6 2008, 09:35 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (chook @ Oct 5 2008, 11:02 PM) so did it work? If the index and not the data are corrupted, there are programs out there that can data dump it info. Lance or my brother would probably know more. Haven't tried anything yet. It's at work, so I wasn't messing with it over the weekend. -------------------- |
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Oct 6 2008, 12:23 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
I tried another run with SyncToy this morning and it seems to be going smoothly. 5 of 12 files successfully copied, last I checked. Apparently it's more error-tolerant, though it if DOES crap out, it dies for the rest of the run... whereas Linux cp will keep chugging along through the rest of the files.
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