Free software to copy/backup LARGE folder in XP?

[MotionMan]

I need to make a copy/backup of a LARGE (1.8GB) folder to an external drive in Windows XP.

I tried a simple copy and paste, but it keeps choking on certain files, killing the entire process after a few minutes.

An image or something that needs to be restored will not be helpful - I really need a copy of the folder where I can use the contents without further use of the backup software.

I really only need to do this once, so I would prefer it if the software was free.

Any suggestions?

MotionMan

 

[TheELF]

Is there any error message while copying the files?
You could try and use checkdisk from the windows tools to inspect and try to repair any problems on the disk and file system.
Or just check the individual files to see if something is wrong with them.
terracopy is alittle tool that is a huge improvement on the windows copy command.


MotionLessDude

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Try booting from a Linux USB drive and using that to copy the folder?

 

[balloonshark]

In the past I have used Copy Handler on 19.5GB folder. It's also open source. http://www.copyhandler.com/

It's been 6 years though so read up on it. The 1.32 version .exe from their fosshub link was clean when scanned at virustotal.

 

[NAC]

Try RoboCopy:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2006.11.utilityspotlight.aspx

or a nice simple program that is useful for all sorts of other needs, including just simple copying:
http://www.freefilesync.org/

 

[dave_the_nerd]

+1 for RoboCopy

 

[ArisVer]

If you don't have many subfolders, try and copy them one by one and find the subfolder which has a problem.

 

[Mushkins]

RoboCopy is the answer. It's what we use to migrate terabytes of data from fileserver to fileserver and verify everything that came over is an exact 1:1 copy with no corruption.

 

[ringtail]

since you're using Winsows XP, easiest would be to use the built-in xcopy


copy this,

edite source path & destimation path,

paste into a command prompt

go to gym. It'll be done when you return home.

xcopy [Source path] [Destination path] [/c] [/v] [/q] [/s [/e]] [/t] [/k] [/r] [/h]

 

[Zahid Iqbal]

Just use default windows copy paste options

 

[Crunos]

I have used freeware AOMEI Backupper Standard to backup files and system for a long time, which hasn't failed me till now. it supports file/folder backup, system backup, disk/partition backup, and file sync. It works with Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10. I think it should be meet your requirement.