..and 10+GB is missing!? I just want everything to copy over.. Why is this happening? And each retry seems to be even less!
Keep in mind there's always a difference between the actual size of data and the size used on the HDD. It has to do with the cluster size chosen when formatting the HDD or a partition, the larger the cluster size and the smaller size of files will create 'slack' space [wasted space] and there's nothing that can be done about that. Regardless of the file size it will take 1 or more clusters for a file and if a file is too large it will take more clusters. Cannot put 2 files in the same cluster otherwise there will be data corruption and lose the file/s. If have a large number of small files a small cluster size choice would be okay but requires reformatting. The default for NTFS is 4096KB so if you have a 760Byte icon file it wastes quite a bit of space.
That's good info, but I don't think that explains why the total number of files and folders differ between the original and the 2 copies (see attachment)..Keep in mind there's always a difference between the actual size of data and the size used on the HDD. It has to do with the cluster size chosen when formatting the HDD or a partition, the larger the cluster size and the smaller size of files will create 'slack' space [wasted space] and there's nothing that can be done about that. Regardless of the file size it will take 1 or more clusters for a file and if a file is too large it will take more clusters. Cannot put 2 files in the same cluster otherwise there will be data corruption and lose the file/s. If have a large number of small files a small cluster size choice would be okay but requires reformatting. The default for NTFS is 4096KB so if you have a 760Byte icon file it wastes quite a bit of space.
Also, how can I easily compare the folders and spot the differences? I've got beyond compare 4 but I didn't figure out how to use it yet.. Is there an easier way?
Perhaps you are not authorized to some of the files you are trying to copy?
You could try to copy it with robocopy and it can generate a log file saying what if failed to copy.
This command would copy drive D to a folder called "500GB drive backup" on your desktop and make a logfile called copylog.txtalso on your desktop.You'll get a log something like this saying what it couldn't copy and why:Code:robocopy d: "%userprofile%desktop500GB drive backup" /copyall /e /r:0 /log:%userprofile%desktopcopylog.txtCode:--------------------------- ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows --------------------------- Started : 29 December, 2015 11:35:17 Source : d: Dest : C:UsersHaliDesktop500GB drive backup Files : *.* Options : *.* /S /E /COPYALL /R:0 /W:30 -------------------------- New Dir 1 e: New File 200.0 m pagefile.sys 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 99.5% 100% New Dir 0 e:$RECYCLE.BIN New Dir 1 e:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-1027584776-2358194297-2548917410-1001 New File 129 desktop.ini 0% 100% New Dir 1 e:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-2602478595-2806783560-1643973225-1001 New File 129 desktop.ini 0% 100% New Dir 1 e:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3178208141-977810998-1597272411-1001 New File 129 desktop.ini 0% 100% New Dir 1 e:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3244269357-763748866-2916749009-1009 New File 129 desktop.ini 0% 100% New Dir 1 e:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3536341058-2341531926-3888982254-1001 New File 129 desktop.ini 0% 100% New Dir 1 e:$RECYCLE.BINS-1-5-21-3536341058-2341531926-3888982254-500 New File 129 desktop.ini 0% 100% New Dir 0 e:10 New Dir 3 e:System Volume Information New File 76 IndexerVolumeGuid 2015/12/29 11:36:48 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying File e:System Volume InformationIndexerVolumeGuid Access is denied. New File 20480 tracking.log 2015/12/29 11:36:48 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying File e:System Volume Information racking.log Access is denied. New File 12 WPSettings.dat 2015/12/29 11:36:48 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying File e:System Volume InformationWPSettings.dat Access is denied. 0% 30% 60% 91% 100% -------------------------- Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras Dirs : 14 14 0 0 0 0 Files : 17 14 0 0 3 0 Bytes : 205.70 m 205.68 m 0 0 20.0 k 0 Times : 0:01:30 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:01:30 Speed : 1191569016 Bytes/sec. Speed : 68182.126 MegaBytes/min. Ended : 29 December, 2015 11:36:48
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