ronsr:
Use the /c switch —- that directs xcopy to keep copying despite errors. Could also be a full flash drive or an unreadable sector on the hard drive.
I’ll try that, although I’m not sure if it is only giving me an error on a specific picture that is corrupted or something else. The flash drive works on other computers, so it can’t be that.
ICOT:
How about:
xcopy /e c:usersownerpictures*.* f:pictures*.*
That would have the same effect as what I’m doing now. It’s weird because it does copy some of the files, it just stops in between. I tried using my brothers external HD and I didn’t even get an error message even though it still stopped in the middle.
The “/e” switch copies empty directories. Are you sure this is what you want and not “/s” which only copies subdirectories that have files?
Yes, sorry that’s what I’m actually using.
With any dos command you can add “/?” to get syntax help.
If it scrolls off the screen, use the “|more” pipe, e.g.
xcopy/? |more this will prevent the screen from scrolling until you hit a key.
The command is working fine, its the execution that I’m having trouble with. Also, /p prevents the scroll off as well.
An old trick from 20 or more years ago to copy all files when your copy media can’t hold everything at once is:
My flash drive should have plenty of room for it all. In retrospect though i am going to check again.
Alternately, if you have the Windows disk, you can probably modify the BIOS to boot from the optical drive, and then perform the operations from within Windows.
My HD is partitioned so I have the disk on the X: drive. My brother might have the disk though. I’ve never done it before though, will this allow me to access my HD from Windows?