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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2013, 03:20:14 PM »
Hi

You can use Unstoppable copier in the Settings tab there is a tick box for keep file time and date.

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29

There is also rawcopy from the same author that will make a sector copy of you old drive to the WD but that will make the WD have a partition the same as the old drive same size etc.



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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2013, 07:41:07 AM »
Nope! Roadkill does the exact same thing, even with 'Keep File Time/Date' ticked!!

Going to try a penalty reboot and then give up.
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2013, 07:45:50 AM »
Nope. Reboot didn't help.

Shoot, I was really hopeful.

That just doesn't make sense, does it?
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2013, 08:00:02 AM »
OK, last but not least.

I'm trying to run Robocopy, but I'm a little stymied by the support docos. (It's been like 30 years since I've had to read DOS manuals).

I basically want to mimic the old drive on the new drive. So, same directories, subdirectories, etc.

I tried running:

robocopy m:\ e:\ /ts /s /copyall
And it appeared (I stopped it) to only be copying FILES, not directories.

I also tried it without the '/copyall' param.

What am I missing?

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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2013, 09:22:50 AM »
I just tried robocopy e:\ j:\ /ts /s /copyall where e: is one hard drive and j: is another and it made an exact copy on the previously empty drive j: of the existing folders and files on drive e:

This is the console output of robocopy (both drives are FAT32 which explains the "NTFS security may not be copied" warning)

C:\>robocopy e:\ j:\ /ts /s /copyall

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ROBOCOPY     ::     Robust File Copy for Windows
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Started : Mon Aug 05 16:14:02 2013

   Source = e:\
     Dest = j:\

    Files : *.*

  Options : *.* /TS /S /COPYALL /R:1000000 /W:30

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE : NTFS Security may not be copied - Source may not be NTFS.

NOTE : NTFS Security may not be copied - Destination may not be NTFS.

                          15    e:\
100%        New File              383562 2009/07/13 16:39:00    bootmgr
100%        New File                  12 2011/07/17 08:24:18    FList.txt
100%        New File              236977 2009/06/21 05:12:00    grub.exe
100%        New File               15218 2010/08/24 17:27:16    ldlinux.sys
100%        New File                   4 2011/11/06 12:58:46    log.txt
100%        New File                 722 2013/04/14 18:53:26    menu.lst
100%        New File                1682 2013/04/14 18:33:04    menu.lst-old
100%        New File                  74 2013/04/07 10:53:56    mountme.txt
100%        New File               19156 2010/06/22 13:57:48    MultiBoot-Copying
100%        New File                3876 2010/07/08 23:58:04    MultiBoot-Readme.txt
100%        New File                  90 2013/04/13 18:35:58    seagate-url.txt
100%        New File                9704 2010/01/06 19:00:44    splash.xpm.gz
100%        New File                  39 2009/11/05 16:08:26    syslinux.cfg
100%        New File                2013 2011/07/17 08:24:18    UList.txt
100%        New File               17506 2013/04/07 10:47:56    wpeinit.log
          New Dir          3    e:\ISO\
100%        New File             200.0 m 2013/04/14 17:16:58    slax-6.1.2.iso
100%        New File             698.9 m 2013/04/14 10:33:06    ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso
100%        New File             165.6 m 2010/07/11 08:23:40    w7repairdisc.iso
          New Dir          5    e:\WinRepair\
100%        New File                  60 2013/04/14 11:47:36    mountme.txt
100%        New File                 546 2013/04/13 17:16:02    nas-terminal.bat
100%        New File                 245 2013/04/07 10:53:46    vhdsetup.bat
100%        New File                 682 2013/04/07 10:42:12    vmount4.bat
100%        New File               18584 2013/04/14 11:47:28    wpeinit.log

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Total    Copied   Skipped  Mismatch    FAILED    Extras
    Dirs :         3         2         1         0         0         0
   Files :        23        23         0         0         0         0
   Bytes :   1.040 g   1.040 g         0         0         0         0
   Times :   0:03:37   0:03:36                       0:00:00   0:00:00


   Speed :             5159096 Bytes/sec.
   Speed :             295.205 MegaBytes/min.

   Ended : Mon Aug 05 16:17:39 2013
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2013, 09:25:19 AM »
Does it matter if its an empty drive its going TO? I have one folder already on there...
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2013, 09:50:26 AM »
Quote from: rjbinney on August 05, 2013, 09:25:19 AM
Does it matter if its an empty drive its going TO? I have one folder already on there...

I blanked the destination drive, (j:) added a new folder, put some text files in it, and tried again. Afterwards, the new folder is still there, and the folders and toplevel files from e: are alongside it

C:>robocopy e:\ j:\ /ts /s /copyall

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ROBOCOPY     ::     Robust File Copy for Windows
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Started : Mon Aug 05 16:41:58 2013

   Source = e:\
     Dest = j:\

    Files : *.*

  Options : *.* /TS /S /COPYALL /R:1000000 /W:30

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE : NTFS Security may not be copied - Source may not be NTFS.

NOTE : NTFS Security may not be copied - Destination may not be NTFS.

                          15    e:\
        *EXTRA Dir        -1    j:\New folder\
100%        New File              383562 2009/07/13 16:39:00    bootmgr
100%        New File                  12 2011/07/17 08:24:18    FList.txt
100%        New File              236977 2009/06/21 05:12:00    grub.exe
100%        New File               15218 2010/08/24 17:27:16    ldlinux.sys
100%        New File                   4 2011/11/06 12:58:46    log.txt
100%        New File                 722 2013/04/14 18:53:26    menu.lst
100%        New File                1682 2013/04/14 18:33:04    menu.lst-old
100%        New File                  74 2013/04/07 10:53:56    mountme.txt
100%        New File               19156 2010/06/22 13:57:48    MultiBoot-Copying
100%        New File                3876 2010/07/08 23:58:04    MultiBoot-Readme.txt
100%        New File                  90 2013/04/13 18:35:58    seagate-url.txt
100%        New File                9704 2010/01/06 19:00:44    splash.xpm.gz
100%        New File                  39 2009/11/05 16:08:26    syslinux.cfg
100%        New File                2013 2011/07/17 08:24:18    UList.txt
100%        New File               17506 2013/04/07 10:47:56    wpeinit.log
          New Dir          3    e:\ISO\
100%        New File             200.0 m 2013/04/14 17:16:58    slax-6.1.2.iso
100%        New File             698.9 m 2013/04/14 10:33:06    ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso
100%        New File             165.6 m 2010/07/11 08:23:40    w7repairdisc.iso
          New Dir          5    e:\WinRepair\
100%        New File                  60 2013/04/14 11:47:36    mountme.txt
100%        New File                 546 2013/04/13 17:16:02    nas-terminal.bat
100%        New File                 245 2013/04/07 10:53:46    vhdsetup.bat
100%        New File                 682 2013/04/07 10:42:12    vmount4.bat
100%        New File               18584 2013/04/14 11:47:28    wpeinit.log

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Total    Copied   Skipped  Mismatch    FAILED    Extras
    Dirs :         3         2         1         0         0         1
   Files :        23        23         0         0         0         0
   Bytes :   1.040 g   1.040 g         0         0         0         0
   Times :   0:03:18   0:03:18                       0:00:00   0:00:00


   Speed :             5641456 Bytes/sec.
   Speed :             322.806 MegaBytes/min.

   Ended : Mon Aug 05 16:45:17 2013
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2013, 06:44:31 AM »
Apologies, I realized I was cancelling the process too soon - long story, but it DID create directories.

Problem is, even with Robocopy, I'M STILL GETTING THE NEW DATE NOT THE ORIGINAL DATE!!! What the What is the matter with me?

Here's the original drive:





Here's the command I ran:


And here's an example of the copy:


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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2013, 08:34:34 AM »
looking at /? for ROBOCOPY it looks like you need /DCOPY:T to "COPY Directory Timestamps.".
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2013, 08:37:04 AM »
Hmmm. Looking at the doco I posted last night, I thought that's what the /TS switch was for.

So you're suggesting:

C:>robocopy m:\ e:\ /dcopy:t /s /copyall

Is that correct?
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #25 on: August 06, 2013, 08:41:34 AM »
I'm no expert at this but I'd give that a go. From what I can tell /copyall and /ts are possibly referring to file timestamps, rather than directory timestamps. I don't know if this is actually the case, though. I've probably used Robocopy less than most people here.
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #26 on: August 07, 2013, 04:03:47 AM »
It appears it's /COPY not /DCOPY...

BUT IT'S STILL NOT WORKING.

Turns out I dl'ed an old version of Robocopy. (Of course that's the only one I could find on the MSFT site).

Standing by for new results...
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Re: My External HD Is Like My Senior Prom Date
« Reply #27 on: August 07, 2013, 05:34:36 AM »
Working.

Thanks, Team Hope!

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