Robocopy is a built-in Windows 11 tool that allows you to copy files from one place to another. It’s a command-line tool, ...

The Windows robocopy command is a powerful tool for automating file copy and synchronization tasks. Robocopy is particularly useful for backing up files, mirroring drives and directories, and ...

The GUI is fine if you're only moving a few files, but for larger and more complex migrations, this built-in Windows utility is the way to go. There are many ways to get a file from Point A to Point B ...

Ok, sorry about the lack of specifics before. Here goes then. I'm attempting to use Robocopy w/Windows Scheduled Tasks to auto-copy a folder (backup) from a Workstation computer (WinXP SP3); to our ...

Reader Kevin's got stacks of burned data CDs and DVDs, but doesn't want to have to switch them in and out of his CD drive to find a particular file. His solution is to make an image of the disks' ...

The reason is that Robocopy has always been synchronous, i.e. non-parallel, when it comes to transferring file metadata. If you have a lot of files, especially small ones, the metadata becomes a ...

I think you are right. The /MIR option says that /MIR is equivalent to /E and /PURGE, and /PURGE is supposed to "delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source". I have no idea why it isn't ...

Trying to understand the logic behind Microsoft's development decisions is a bit like S&M: it's a painful activity probably best left to others. But a recent example from the storage world does ...