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== Copy a lot of files while not stopping for errors / ignore errors ==See also: [[Copying Files in Microsoft Windows]] The traditional way using xcopy from console xcopy $SOURCE $DESTINATION /C /E /Q The /C flag forces xcopy to ignore any issues with copying; the /E flag orders xcopy to copy folders (even empty ones), and the /Q flag makes it a quiet operation (otherwise, you'll get an entry for each thing copied). example: xcopy d:\*.* c:\recovery /C /E /Q The new way using robocopy on Windows 7 Robocopy 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 retries Recovering files from bad harddrive. robocopy E:\source-path\folder\ C:\destination-path\folder /MIR /R:0 /W:0