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Copying from WHS 2011 backup very slow
I'm setting up a new computer to replace one of my old ones, and part of doing so is extracting my Home folder from a backup I made just before wiping the old one. However, copying from the mounted ...
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Copying/backing up data from an encrypted hard drive while connected via USB
I need to be able to create a copy or backup of a hard drive that I have connected via USB -> SATA. The hard drive is from a MacBook Pro and it appears to be fully encrypted (disk management says the ...
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How to copy a file on machine B(which I am ssh to) to my local laptop A(running Ubuntu)
I use my own laptop(Ubuntu) to ssh to my school server(linux).
And I do my assignments remotely like this. But I have an habit of putting all my files on Dropbox so that I can gain access of them ...
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How to copy only certain files and subdirectories
Hi let's say I have a directory like this:
/
my_work
/dir1
keepdir1.ddd
keepdir2.ddd
file.cfg
(lots ...
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DOS copy recursive, but squash directory structure
Similar to How can I copy file recursively ignoring destination directory structure? but in DOS.
I'd like to copy all files recursively, but in the destination folder I'd like to squash the directory ...
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Copy lots of files ignoring errors
I am trying to copy files from a corrupted hard drive. Not all of them will copy - some have CRC errors and will stall. I would like to skip those files and continue with the rest of the copy - but ...
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Any way to auto-overwrite when copying files?
When copying files in Windows 7, is there a button I can hold to skip the overwrite confirmation dialogs? E.g. if I know the files exist in the destination folder and I already know I want to ...
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Copy files of certain type in directory and subdirectories preserving structure
Simply put, my question is the same as this but for Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
Note that I want to copy only files of a specific file type, and that I must preserve the directory structure and names. ...
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Why does copying a backup folder over HomeGroup say 0 bytes?
Why does copying a windows backup folder to a different computer using HomeGroup look like this? What I mean is, it says its 0 bytes, and the speed is 0 bytes per second, I don't understand how this ...
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Cut in excel doesn't work, and copying tables from one program to another returns text
My excel 2007 on Windows 7 operating system seems to have a probelm with regular cut function. when I highlight cells I want to cut and press cut (either on keyboard shortcut Ctrl+x, Home menu cut ...
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Copy all files with a certain extension into a single directory (w/o directory structure)
I have been trying to copy all files in the various subdirectories that have a jpg extension located on C: into a single directory on D:. I don't want to preserve the directory structure.
This is as ...
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Copying single files into a folder that changes name every time the batch file is executed
Can you please help, I am using this to put the text files made by the batch file into the folder created by the batch file as well. but my problem is that the name is changed of the new folder every ...
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Can I copy some text and paste edited text based on rules?
Ok, so I have a question that I really can't find an answer too on the Internet so far!
How can I copy a piece of text and then when I paste it somewhere else, have it edited based on a rule?
For ...
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What's the fastest and automatic way to transfer 2GB of data between 2 PCs every night?
While it's fast (less than 2 minutes) I hate having to copy files from PC #1 onto a USB stick, and then manually popping it in PC #2 to copy the files to PC #2.
Dropbox is too slow in uploading and ...
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Xcopy /exclude does not exclude some of the specified criteria
I want xcopy to copy all files meeting a certain criteria located in the C drive to a specific folder, except ones located in the directories specified in excl.txt. The exclusions only work partially ...
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Move data from discs to hard drive with robotic changer device?
How can I? What can I buy? Is it made?
A robotic disc-changer that allow a stack of already burnt discs to be read, taking simple PC data from the discs and off'ing it to the hard drive.
Would ...
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Windows 7 same folder file copy naming pattern
On my Windows 7 machine, when I make a copy (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) of a file in the same folder I get the new file created with " - Copy" added to the file name:
1st copy: "foo.txt" -> "foo - Copy.txt".
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Copying drivers from the “System32” folder? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
BootCamp drivers - lost my Mac OSX CD
Is it possible to copy the drivers from another WINDOWS folder? I have re-installed my computer only to find that none of the ...
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tmux copy mode - select text block
I'm using tmux with vi keys, and copy/paste works fine as long as you're selecting one line of text, or if you have only one window. When I want to select a block of text (multiple lines, but not full ...
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How to copy and paste a Windows Media Player 12 playlist tracks to another location
I'm using Windows Media Player 12 and really like it. I have many playlists and I want to copy the music inside to another place on my hard drive.
"Open file location" menu of these tracks is not a ...
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How do I move files between computers while preserving file dates?
I have a lot of files that I often search for based on creation date.
When I copy files from my old computer to the new one, all of my creation dates are set to the current time (i.e. I lose the ...
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Tool for collecting, managing, copying & pasting clipboard snippets for windows ( or linux )
I think of some simple way getting stuff into clipboard. Instead of digging into files all the time, I would like to have something like this:
When I would move the mouse on the right edge of my ...
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Copy vertical text block in Vim on Mac
How do I copy a vertical text block in vim on a Mac?
On a PC on would just do ctrl-c at starting point and ctrl-c at the end point and it would copy between these two coordinates. How do I do that on ...
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Copying large files on the same disk - increasing the buffer
I'm on OS X, and I'm copying a large amount of data from one partition to another.
Because of the nature of a magnetic disk, I feel this would go much faster if I can get 'cp' to use a huge buffer of ...
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Copy file from UNC path to UNC path in windows [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
XCOPY Behavior copying between remote servers
If i copy files from a unc path (\server\share) to another unc path on a windows (xp) machine, i assume that the file ...
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How can I stop JavaScript from modifying the clipboard?
More and more I find that when I copy text from a news site, the site adds in its own advertising/footnote link to my clipboard, so that when I paste, I get "[Text I copied] FOR MORE, GO READ AT ...
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Native .iso generation in Windows CMD?
Is there some way to natively create a .iso file from a partition or directory via Windows CMD? From what I gather the answer is no, but coming from Linux, where dd accomplishes this so easily, it ...
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How should I copy data from HDD to SSD ? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Copying an HDD to an SSD?
I am going to buy a SSD for my laptop. For now I have 500GB HDD drive and I am thinking about buying 128GB or 256GB of SDD.
I would like to ...
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Does Robocopy Keep a Log File by Default?
I copied a huge number of files using Robocopy, and recived a note at the end that two files failed. I didn't set a switch to save a log file.
Is there a log file saved in a default location ...
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What is the benefit of copy over xcopy on the command line?
I know that xcopy has more options however is there some benefit to using copy rather than xcopy?
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How can I copy files from A to B, only including files that exist in B?
Maybe could be hard to explain, but I'll!
I'm on Windows 7 Professional, and this is my scenario :
Folder "Asd" (C:\) Folder "Asd" (D:\)
File 1 File 1
File 2 ...
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How can I copy a file on a network share using a different login with powershell or batch file?
I have a file in a shared location that I want to copy over to my local harddrive. However I will not be running as a user that has access to the share. So I want to be able to authenticate under a ...
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Verifying if two mirrored copies of disc are same or not?
I have two sets of discs which are mirrored copies of each other. Does an algorithm exist which could verify if the copy made is same as the original?
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Is GNOME2 “File operations” dialog customizable?
When I drag and drop some directory in my GNOME2 desktop environment ( and specifically on Debian 6.0.3 ), a "File operations" window appear and informs me about the progress, average transfer rate, ...
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Clone External Hard Drive Without Leaving a Record on the Drive Itself
I have an external hard drive which I need to make an exact copy of, but I need to do so without leaving any trace of the operation on the original drive.
I'm primarily a Mac user, but I suspect the ...
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Productivity tool to copy non copyable text from screen in a single step
Is there any tool with functionality of a screen capture and OCR in a single step, which sends the text selected to the clipboard.
If you are familiar with wordweb , what I mean is more like its ...
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shell scripting: iterating through directories and moving/renaming files
(FYI, I have very little shell scripting knowledge)
I have a ton of files and directories that look something like
-root
-dir1/a.txt
-dir2/a.txt
-dir3/b.txt
-dir4/b.txt
-dir5/c.txt
I would ...
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How to retrieve files to local machine when logged in to SSH?
I know that you can grab files with scp like this:
scp user@remote_machine:/path/to/source /path/to/destination
However, I'd like to know if there is an easier way to do this, when I'm already ...
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Copying files across computers in different networks using scp Mac Lion
I forgot how to do this and I found this other StackOverflow post about it but now I'm getting this error:
ssh: connect to host xx.xx.xx.xx port 22: Permission denied lost
connection
I am ...
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getting “Invalid Parameter #10” when attempting to copy folder using robocopy
I'm trying to copy a folder on my internal hard drive to my external hard drive using robocopy with the following command:
robocopy "source folder" "destination folder" *.* /E /DCOPY:T /COPYALL ...
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Copy files from SD Card
I have a brand new 4GB SanDisc SD card.
With lot of personal files. (jpg, exe, zip, rar, doc...)
When I insert card in my notebook internal reader... first I get this message.
Then, if I want to ...
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Copy parts of W7 registry?
I'm reinstalling Windows 7 tomorrow and to save myself some downloading and installing I wanted to copy my games. This won't just work, as some info is probably saved in the registry. This is why I ...
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copy same file into multiple directories - permission denied error
Please help me in solving the below issue:
I want copy a file say info.txt into multiples directories and their sub-directories .
I used this command:
go to parent directory.
find . -type d -exec ...
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How to avoid XCopy run into the error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process?
I am xcopying data from my local directory to a shared windows drive. Once in a while i get an issue where in the middle of copying i see the following error:
The process cannot access the file ...
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Can I stop a netcat tar pipe and continue later without overriding existing files?
I'm trying to copy a lot of files from my NAS to my server, about 2TB.
I found that using a netcat tar pipe to copy the directories goes pretty fast, about 40mb/s. It seems to work faster than rsync ...
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How to paste table from MS Excel to Wolfram Mathematica?
When I am pasting a region from MS Excel, which contains multiple numbers, to Mathematica, I am getting just a long plain sequence of digits, i.e. one integer number in Mathematica.
How to have a ...
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Cannot copy large file from external hard drive to hard drive
I have a large file on an external hard drive (about 10 GB. Exactly 10,543,768 KB). On my Windows XP machine, my C drive is showing me that I have 19.7 GB free.
I drag the file to my desktop and ...
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Make fastcopy default copy operation
Can I make Fastcopy default copy operation to replace window copy, like what Teracopy does ?
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Copying files using PuTTy (not PSCP or anything else, just PuTTy)
I read bazillion questions on similar topic but they always mean "PSCP" when saying "PuTTy". The thing is I am in an environment where I am not allowed to use anything else than either PuTTy or ...
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Freeware Backup utility - with shadow copy ability?
I search for a free software that can use Shadow Copy.
In XP I can use Cobian, but in Win2008/x64 that Shadow Copy cannot accessable.
With Windows Backup I have problem that I have only one HDD.
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