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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 09:42 PM
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Anybody know of a Copy program (like copying the files on a CD to my hard drive?)
Sure... Windows will do it but if the cd/dvd reader can't read a file or 2 on the disk, it quits copying.

I need to copy some Disks (5) but a few files on the disks are corrupted.
I want to copy the files on the disks to a folder without haveing (Fucking) XP tell me...
"Can't read from the source disk" and quit copying (like an idiot)

Yes XP..I KNOW a few files can't be read so can you please copy all the ones that CAN be read??

:mad: :)
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canetoad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 10:01 PM
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1. Try this
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 11:31 PM
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4. Thanks Much! Works Great
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RoyGBiv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 11:15 PM
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2. Linux ...

:hide:

(sorry ... had to)

Can you do it from the DOS shell? I recall having done things like that from a shell that kept failing using Explorer. Just a thought ...



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MyNameGoesHere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-14-09 08:00 AM
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3. it's sad.
Vista even has robocopy and i still see my fellow MS people struggling with simple copying process.
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wildflowergardener Donating Member (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 09:36 PM
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5. xcopy
Edited on Tue Feb-17-09 09:37 PM by wildflowergardener
I found this because I was trying to copy a large amount of files from one computer to another. It comes with Windows XP and there is a switch so if it can't copy a file it will continue. You have to do it from the dos prompt, though I believe - or at least that's how I had to do it. I was having the same trouble - it would get to one file it couldn't read and quit.

The other thing I've done, and I couldn't do it in this case cause I was getting errors, is put them all in a zip file, then move them where I wanted, and unzip them.
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