General file copy program to replace Karens Replicator

[Larry Sabo]

Another one I've been using for years is FastCopy. It's simple but effective.

+1 for FastCopy.

 

[GTP]

If we are throwing program names in the ring I've used RawCopy a few times with good results.

 

[LordX]

That is exactly what I wanted Barcelona! Different options to try out and see which one I like.

 

[LostBit]

Another one I've been using for years is FastCopy. It's simple but effective.

Been using for ages. If a file is corrupt or unreadable or for any reason can't be copied, FastCopy logs the errors but won't stop the copy process.

 

[Craig D Campbell]

Look into FolderClone.Vary Cheap but works well for my clients. You can have one computer make raw backps of all others also.
www.folderclone.com

 

[TurricanII]

Unfortunately a copy command in a batch file will fail all the rest of the copy if it finds a bad file. I like the idea of "Unstoppable Copier" that @sapphirescales is using.

XCopy c:\source\*.* d\dest\ /s/h/r/e/c/k/d/y will copy all files and continue past errors. If you have to interrupt it you can run the same command again to pick up without copying the whole lot over. Run same command again to copy only new and updated files.

But xcopy doesn't remove files on the dest if they are removed from the source.

Use the included Robocopy/Mir for the win. Use it carefully so as not to mirror an empty folder over their data!

 

[AlexCa]

I've been using Back4Sure, it works great for me.

 

[GTP]

...and already in WRT.

 

[Diggs]

I always use Unstoppable Copier because it can copy bad/corrupt files without freezing up. I've also used Teracopy in the past (though it's not good at handling bad/corrupt files, which is why I hardly ever use it nowadays). Never tried the other ones mentioned here.

I tried Unstoppable copy and as soon as it hit my 2TB Win10 RAID 1 pair of storage (non-boot) drives the RAID failed and had to be rebuilt. I'm afraid to try it again. @sapphirescales how is your RAID experience with Unstoppable?

 

[sapphirescales]

I tried Unstoppable copy and as soon as it hit my 2TB Win10 RAID 1 pair of storage (non-boot) drives the RAID failed and had to be rebuilt. I'm afraid to try it again. @sapphirescales how is your RAID experience with Unstoppable?

I use it to do manual backups to my RAID NAS storage device (4x8TB in RAID 10) on a regular basis. I have the network drive mapped so it works just like an external hard drive. I also use it regularly on another computer of mine with a striped volume in Windows 10 Pro (software RAID). I've never had any problems.