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Annoyances of Windows Vista and Windows 7

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/* Copy a lot of files while not stopping for errors / ignore errors */
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The traditional way using xcopy from consoleThe new way using robocopy on Windows 7Robocopy stands for "Robust File Copy."  Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. It has been available as part of the Windows Resource Kit starting with Windows NT 4.0, and was first introduced as a standard feature in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The command is robocopy.Robocopy CAN copy all NTFS file attributes. robocopy c:\ d:\ /MIR /R:0 /W:0 /MIR = Mirror entire directory structure (can use /E instead) /R:0 = 0 retries for read/write failures /W:0 = 0 seconds between retriesRecovering files from bad harddrive. robocopy E:\source-path\folder\ C:\destination-path\folder /MIR /R:0 /W:0
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