Questions tagged [file-transfer]
Transferring files from one storage to another local or remote storage.
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Arch linux: How to exclude files from subfolder while using rsync for copying
I wanted to make a copy of files from one directory (folder "test2") to another directory (folder "Destination") while using rsync in linux console. The only problem? I want to ...
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SD Card transfer abysmally slow on older laptop with Windows 11
I have a SD card: SAMSUNG Evo Plus microSDXC 512GB
I also have a laptop: Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming 7577 with Windows 11 Pro
I also have a phone: Asus Zenfone 8 Flip
And, of course, I have a problem: ...
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Logging files that are unable to transfer in powershell
I'm trying to log some files that are unable to transfer when I'm recursively copying over one folder to a different location. When I right click, copy, and paste the folder, I get an error message &...
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How to prevent massive fragmentation when copying large files to NTFS HDD?
I have some virtual machines, and for example the first one I'm looking at is 89gb.
Unfortunately when I try to copy it to a new drive it forms around 100,000 fragments (more than 1 per mb.)
I don't ...
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USB Drive (Dual, Type C and USB) doesn't show any of my files when plugged in to my Ubuntu laptop, yet shows all files on my Android
I've got a 128GB dual USB drive (type C and USB) which has around 34 GBs of data on it initially (was using it for backup). I transferred some files from my android to the drive, all video files in ...
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How to debug why LAN file copy speed is slow between 2 Apple machines on same LAN?
I've got two fast Apple machines on the same LAN (they are ethernet wired, plugged into the same switch, sitting next to each other).
The router is a UniFi Dream Machine Pro. Access to the outside ...
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Why can't I copy files to a remote PC via clipboard using the Remote Desktop application?
I have two machines running Windows 10. With this version of Windows a new version of the "Remote Desktop" utility was added, replacing the older "Remote Desktop Connection" ...
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SSD freezes when trying to copy particular file off of it
I have an external NVMe SSD formatted as APFS (Encrypted) that I store all my files in. I noticed that it started hanging a lot when trying to use it, so I decided to transfer all the files to another ...
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How can I copy a folder so that Windows Explorer takes into account file overlap before computing if there's enough storage space to copy the files?
As I was copying a few files between two external hard disks with Windows Explorer, my laptop running Windows 10 crashed. I restarted Windows, and I am trying to reinitiate the file copy operation. ...
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Copy Program Files folder to another volume
I want to copy C:\Program Files to D:\Programs and place a junction instead.
If I run robocopy "C:\Program Files" D:\Programs /e /copyall /sj /secfix from WRE or any other external ...
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Can I copy paste 200GB+ from one disk to another in Windows?
I'm trying to make a backup of my 1TB SSD (80%) to a 1TB HDD, which is empty.
To do so, I'm trying to move 200GB from one to another, so I can format / recover (I don’t know yet), installing Ubuntu ...
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How to emulate rsync into cp to copy all files from source that dont exist in destination disk and update existing ones?
Rsync is halting when reading bad sectors, then the hdd is going in a very bad mode than needs special rescue. It is the 3rd time that this happens to my disks. The disk was very functional except for ...
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Can MacOS Airdrop files between accounts on the same machine, logged in remotely?
I have a situation where multiple users will log in to different accounts on the same machine, and use remote screens. is it possible for one such account to airdrop to another user, who happens to be ...
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How to transfer very large folders from a server which I access sudo and ssh to another server with ftp access?
I have some big folders (each around 1T) on a server which I have sudo access to that. I want to transfer them to another server which I have ftp access (with username and password). What it came in ...
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Does the host USB speed affect data transfer between two external ports on USB hubs?
When traveling, I want to transfer RAW files from my camera (on CFExpress cards) to an external SSD (as a backup).
Due to limited space, I am not taking a laptop with me, but only a tablet.
The ...
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Preserving Quick Access Pins and Libraries with Robocopy
So I've had an external drive that I kept plugged into my laptop that later started having connection issues. I decided to use Robocopy to transfer the files over to a new drive with (effectively) the ...
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Does Robocopy's /ZB option switch modes on a per file or per transfer basis?
Robocopy's command guide describes /zb as an option that "Copies files in restartable mode. If file access is denied, switches to backup mode."
However, this is somewhat ambiguous. When ...
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Which protocol to send the most possible data through satellite?
I am working on a project with an Internet connection through satellite with only 130kB/day (if I use more it is very expensive).
I want to send as much "useful" data as possible every day, ...
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How can I copy data/installation files between drives? Windows 11
I have 4 different SSD's in my workstation and after doing some file management/moving things around I have decided to designate 1 drive for installations and use the others for Windows Installation ...
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lftp: How to list transfer size before (mirror) operation?
I have an lftp job that is going to transfer a large amount of data (30GB) to a slow remote FTP server. For various reasons, it won't work in one shot (which probably will take days anyway) but has ...
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How to recover lost data through transfer?
I have made a terrible mistake when transferring photos from a microSD card to an external HDD.
I connect the microSD card and the external HDD to my iPad. I could see all the photos from SD card. I ...
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How to monitor and move files to different directories one by one and in sequence on Windows?
How to monitor when files are created and then move them to different directories one by one and in sequence on Windows?
For example, I have files in C:\Temp
File names are random like File545.tmp ...
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How to prevent Windows from throwing an error everytime it tries to copy a file named with illegal characters?
I'm extracting a medium sized ZIP file which contains thousands of tiny files with different names. Some of these files have names which include illegal character like ":". This causes ...
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How to overcome problems with a password requiring at transfering a file from a Linux Centos 7 to a Linux Synology?
I try to transfer a file from a Linux Centos 7 machine to a Linux Synology. No problems are with using the scp command with this way: scp example1.txt [email protected], where a password will be prompted ...
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Transfer files from windows 10 computer to Linux server in the same machine?
No samba server. Any alternatives?
Problem statement: While installing ssl certificates, I need to copy paste in vi editor, where there's chance of extra space. That's why I want to transfer files ...
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Problems transferring photos and videos from iPhone to PC
I have an iphone 12 mini that won't easily transfer photos and videos to free up space. As a result, I can't install any new apps or use the camera, and I'm constantly deleting thing I don't really ...
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Move Linux system to new SSD alongside with Windows
I've got a new PC with a new SSD #2. They preinstalled the Windows on it and I'm cool with it.
However, I have a Linux system on my old SSD #1 and I want to keep that data. The problem is I've only ...
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How can Windows move a newly compressed file so fast across different disks
Disk 1: HDD, non-OS disk
Disk 2: SSD, non-OS disk
On Disk 1, I compress a 2 GB folder with 1000+ files into a zip file (no-compression mode).
Then I move the zip file from Disk 1 to Disk 2. The ...
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Transferring photos and videos in bulk from Pixel 4a to Windows PC
Every few months I transfer photos and videos from my Pixel 4a phone to my Windows computer over USB. The process is slow, which I can somewhat tolerate. But it is also labor intensive and prone to ...
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Copy all files except those already present
So my problem is I have to move a folder with 120k files from a to b via c. (As a and b are not on the same system, but c is available to both)
The systems are debian-based.
However c is limited in ...
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"Unspecified error" when copying file via Remote Desktop Protocol [duplicate]
A have a file with size 4.638.646.348 bytes (4.31 GB).
When I try to copy it from Windows Server 2016 (1607) to Windows Server 2019 (1809), I get an "Unspecified errror" as soon as I use ...
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Drag and Drop to Move Original File and Create Copy in Current Folder
Summary: I need a solution so that when I use Windows Explorer (or something similar) to drag and drop files, it actually moves the original file to the new location and creates a copy in the original ...
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How long do it take to fully format USB drive 2TB 2.0?
Since I can't find any answer from the internet, I hope someone will help me here.
I have just bought a 3.5$ USB drive 2TB 2.0. When I transfer my video file to the USB, the 3 first video is working ...
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Remote uploading File from Linux terminal to Drop Zone Attachment [closed]
Actually i have the file on google colab and i need upload to site that only have a drop file zone, excuse me for not being explicit honestly i'm a noob
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Very slow transfer speeds from and to SD cards on my high end PC
A friend just came over and wanted me to copy a video I made on my Smart Phone Camera to his SD card. So I popped his SD card into this Anker USB hub and connected it via USB C port to my computer, ...
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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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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:
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3d.lnk ==> Z:\3d\XYZ
I have a user that wants ...