Questions tagged [file-transfer]
Transferring files from one storage to another local or remote storage.
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Why does the file size of the a being transferred depends on how much free space the external hard drive has, and how can I avoid that?
I transfer some files from a GoPro (connected via MTP) to an external hard drive. I notice that for the file size of the file being transferred depends on how much free space the external hard drive ...
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Back-up automatically through LAN shared
I have 11 Pc share through LAN (Back-up folder which be create by date vise) that 11pc back-up folder will be back-up in another PC through LAN.
Everyday I need to delete old folder(pervious folder) ...
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Copying from a complex file directory with rsync
I have a complex file directory such as the one below.
Top_directory
Dir1
Dir2
File1
File2
Dir3
File3
File4
File5 > ../File1 (symbolic link)
Dir4
Dir5
Dir6
Dir7
I have a list of files in a ...
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FTP: What happens if the file is modified while being uploaded?
I am wondering what would happen in that situation ? I tried to look online but could not find any clear answer.
Let's say I have a huge file (few GB) that I want to transfert to a FTP server.
I open ...
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Unable to connect between two computers on bitorrent
I'm having difficulty connecting two of my personal computers via bitorrent to transfer a large file (it's a tar file of photos, ~70gb). I have tried to transfer it over SFTP/SSH/HTTP/SFTP but keep ...
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PC to phone file transfer speed
I have a OnePlus 10 Pro device with USB Type C 3.1 (according to gsmarena).
I am trying to transfer huge files from it to my pc using the USB cable, but the speed is only 45MB/s which is the max speed ...
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How to transfer data between two Windows personal computers?
I have two Windows 11 desktop computers that are next to each other about two meters apart.
I want to transfer files between them in the form of copy and paste, for example copy-paste files from ...
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Get file from remote over ssh, with simple "get file"?
Is there a way to get a file from a remote server you are connected to via ssh, by simply running a command like get file within the ssh session? Is there a method, or pre-existing tool, to do this? ...
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Moving multiple gigabytes between two Windows PCs daily without being on the same network
I need to move multiple gigabytes (15-100GB per week) of video footage between two Windows machines that are not on the same network.
Both networks have daily changing IP addresses (forced restart via ...
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Why am I only getting a 4MB/s read and write speed from my SSD?
My computer has only one storage drive and that is a 256gb SSD (SATA) which I've made partitions on.
I tested my max drive speed and it is about 350MB/S (read and write). Though, when I copied a stack ...
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Why are not all my files included when I gzip a directory?
I know this is a question that has been asked before, for example here Recursively count all the files in a directory,
but this is driving me crazy. Let me explain:
I have a directory called "...
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External hard drive "too big" for file transfer
I recently purchased a Samsung T7 Shield with a 4TB capacity to transfer surgical videos to from a Steris operating room camera. My computer is a MacBook Pro. I have been unable to transfer the videos ...
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Powershell - copy files of under a particular size, while keeping directory structure
I need to create a script that will copy files from multiple users PCs to a shared Server folder.
There are going to be restrictions on the types of files that can be copied, and indeed the size of ...
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How to overwrite all files only if SAME size and exact duplicate while renaming if different size?
I'm using Teracopy, but Windows also does not have this function. Instead it wants me to replace the file only if DIFFERENT, or skip it if the name is the same. I want to do the opposite.
I need to ...
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How can I prevent Windows Explorer from stealing the focus when a file transfer completes?
How can I prevent Windows Explorer from stealing the focus when a file transfer in Windows Explorer completes?
I use Windows 10 Pro 21H2.
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Replace linked shortcuts with actual paths to files and folders in Windows
I have a folder:
X:\cases\XYZ and in this folder I have 2 subfolders and a windows shortcut (.lnk) file that points to another share:
Research
Files
3d.lnk ==> Z:\3d\XYZ
I have a user that wants ...
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ISP using PRIVATE IP's no more DYNAMIC IP's provided
Can anyone tell me how one can still use FILE HOSTING services. As of now i can still download but the speed is like 16 to 20Kbps.
Last time can use IP Camera now IP Camera no longer works.
Anyone ...
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Browser Hopper Window
The idea is to use a small dedicated File Explorer window set to a certain folder with the navigation pane removed, and use this as quick triage to the browser. My current aim is to remove all but the ...
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Robocopy copying from different drive
I am using robocopy to transfer files from an old laptop drive to an external drive because I believe the hard drive is close to failure. I ran the program with these arguments
robocopy D:\ E:\...
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Copy files with specific names into different folders
I need to copy many files into different folders.
My files look like this:
aaa_280_, aaa_281_, aaa_282_
They are all in one source folder.
The destination folders look like this:
xy_280, xy_281, ...
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What can explain the gradual increase of transfer speed at the beginning of a file transfer?
I transfer a 4 GB file from my internal disk to an external hard drive on Windows 10. What can explain the gradual increase of transfer speed at the beginning?
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How to create an EC2 instance from .tar.gz?
Suppose I have a .tar.gz file with a Linux filesystem.
How to create an AWS EC2 Compute Instance from this file?
Actually, I want to move a server from Lightsail to EC2. Maybe, instead use rsync or ...
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File transfer between main disk and external ssd stalls and restarts Windows 11
I'm experiencing a persistent problem with file transfers from my C drive to an external drive (replicated with two external drives and on different ports, one USB 3.0 type A and one type C). The ...
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Using CSV as source to copy files
I have a CSV file (semicolon-separated, actually) in Windows,
with column header info.
One of the columns contains a partial filename;
it's a filename without path or extension.
I've been trying to ...
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Copying Hyper V files from one NVME drive to another
I'm trying to copy all my Hyper V machines from one (smaller) NVME drive to another (larger) so I can have more disk space.
I have shut down all hyper v instances and switched off the service.
I have ...
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How to Set Target Directory for Windows Context Menu "Copy To" and "Move To" Options
It's reasonably well understood that one can add "Copy To" and "Move To" options to the Windows File Explorer context menu by adding the following keys, respectively:
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Using Rsync Transferring files from server to client too much slow?
Actually i am transferring files from one AM5728 Board to another AM5728 board (with Aargo Linux Kernel) with 1Gbps speed.
Tested iperf command speed is 750Mbps.
Transfer files from one board to ...
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Limitation of speed of data transfer between two external HDs on the same USB port
I have the following itens:
MacBook Air M1 (with 2 USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s))
2 identical external hard drivers with 2TB and USB-A 3.0
USB adapter/dongle USB-A 3.0 to USB-C 3.0
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How can I configure Windows Defender so that it doesn't prevent moving files it suspects to be a virus?
Windows Defender prevents moving files it suspects to be a virus:
Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus.
How can I configure Windows Defender so that it doesn't ...
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How to copy files in File Explorer while preserving all Metadata attributes: Including Last Accessed Date, Modified Date, etc
I have scoured superuser for an answer, and have found similar questions, but none of them talk about preserving the Last Accessed Date. I have already wanted to archive all the last accessed dates on ...
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how to copy file/folder and preserve their creation date on windows 10
When I ran out of storage I brought a new Hard disk and of course I needed to copy all my data from my old hard disk to the new one.
when I tried to manage the copied files over the new hard disk I ...
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Intermittent Broken pipe error during FTP transfer
I have an issue with a mainframe z/OS server that does FTP transfers to another server in a different data center. The FTP transfers happen every day from morning to night. But on Monday and Tuesday ...
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Transfer Files Between putty Sessions
I often find myself wanting to grab a file from one Linux box for use on another. Usually this occurs when I am running Windows, and logged into SSH on both machines in separate putty SSH sessions.
I ...
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Copy entire drive in use per batches
I need to copy entire network drive (approx. 1TB) that is constantly in use to a remote location but in that remote location, no file can be larger than 1.3GB.
How can I achieve this?
I cannot first ...
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Copy only CSV files from source folders to destination folders
Atm I have the following:
@echo off
set src_folder=V:\Property\Account data\Open Market\2022
set dst_folder=V:\Property\Account data\Open Market\2022\Monthly Upload Files
for /f "tokens=*" %%...
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Laptop Booting takes long time and File transfer takes hours
I have an SSD installed for booting my Windows 10 and an additional HDD of 1 TB for storage in my laptop some days ago my laptop took a long time to boot it always asks to run chkdsk.
Folders take a ...
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How should I reinstall Windows? (Maybe repair)
My Windows files are corrupted so I think that I can't repair it normally, so can someone wither suggest something that can repair windows with access to just the files since I can't boot my PC with ...
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Broken pipe on transfer from/to fedora system using rsync/rclone/scp
I'm trying to send some files with around 2GB to my home server running Fedora 36. On my Laptop, I have Pop OS! 22.04. Both are directly connected to my router via Ethernet.
Sadly, I'm getting errors ...
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Why is it faster to zip a million 1KB files, transfer them, and unzip them, than to directly transfer those same files?
This is not just for local drive transfers. I've even noticed that when pushing or pulling files to servers, or simply uploading to a service like Google Drive, it is usually significantly faster to ...
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Team viewer data usage
I connect my low speed internet in my country to my high speed internet pc in another country (my own pc). Now, consider I download sth from that pc, which data usage it is using in this case? Also, ...
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Incremental copy of log file content
I have a couple of log-files, growing one line at a time, as log files do.
The files are available via SMB network share.
I want to periodically copy these files. Since the network is rather slow and ...
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in linux, how to copy or move files that produce input/output errors (bad sectors), even partially in another hard disk (HDD) without creating image
in linux, how to copy or move files that produce input/output errors (bad sectors), even partially in another hard disk (HDD) without creating image.
I have some personal movies and pics which lie on ...
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I'm trying to review file copies and movement on a system
I'm looking to find a way to review either in real time or through history Windows explorer file movements on a Windows 10, 11 or server 2019 OS. I've been googling for a bit and I've only found Index....
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Moving files under Users folder in C drive to D drive
I wish to move a folder that is located under Users folder in C drive to D drive in order to free up space. The folder is by my name and has things like pictures, downloads, documents, desktop, videos ...
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Copy all audio files from a folder recursively, while leaving directory structure intact using PowerShell
I am trying to move all .mp3 and .wav files from one folder to another, while leaving the relative path of the files the same.
Imagine a directory structure that looks like this:
DirA\
subfolder_1\
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How to automatically transfer folder(or file) from USB to PC with autorun?
I'm trying to create simple command that will automatically copy specific folder from USB when its pluged in to desktop.
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Is there a bug in macOS with APFS on an external SSD causing the file buffers to not flush and losing data?
I was migrating files from an old Mac running Mojave to a new one running Monterey, using an external SSD formatted with APFS (encrypted), and noticed that there was some data being lost. I had ...
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Is it possible files get corrupted when downloading them via VPN?
I know files can get corrupted during transfer, although rarely
but I wonder downloading via VPN will more likely corrupt files than without it?
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Why does scp not work while scp -4 works?
I have an issue with scp:
scp -pr xyz.zip myuser@server.com:/home/myuser/tmp/ does not work, while
scp -4 -pr xyz.zip myuser@server.com:/home/myuser/tmp/ works, what could go wrong here?
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Copy / Paste UI missing, moving really slow - windows 10
having a really strange issue with my laptop. When I try to copy files in Windows explorer either using the context menu or CTRL+C and paste them, I do not get the standard UI for copy / paste. ...
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