Problem Copying ISO Files Between Harddrives

Golden said:

Hi Vangle,

Could you try this please:

Code:

xcopy C:\rld-me3a.iso E:\rld-me3a.iso /J

Lets see if unbuffered IO does the trick.

Regards,
Golden

C:\Users\Matt>xcopy C:\rld-me3a.iso E:\rld-me3a.iso /J
Does E:\rld-me3a.iso specify a file name
or directory name on the target
(F = file, D = directory)? d
C:\rld-me3a.iso
File creation error - The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

Kaktussoft said:

vangle said:

C:\Users\Matt>copy C:\testfolder\rld-me3a.iso C:\testfolder\copy-rld-me3a.iso
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
0 file(s) copied.

C:\Users\Matt>copy C:\testfolder\rld-me3a.iso c:\copy-rld-me3a.iso
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
0 file(s) copied.

For rld-me3a.iso (7.94 GB) from windows 7 (C: ) to E:
It fails at:
Time remaining: About 60 seconds
Items remaining: 1 (3.61gb)

For a different one (from C:\Users\Matt\Documents to E: ) (7.42 gb)
It fails at:
Time remaining: About 60 seconds
Items remaining: 1 (1.78 gb)

C:\Users\Matt>move C:\testfolder\rld-me3a.iso C:\test.iso
1 file(s) moved.

so move success. nice. But that took only 1 or 2 seconds...right? It just put a pointer in another folder to the blocks on disk.

The ISO files copy fails always on same place?, so

For rld-me3a.iso (7.94 GB) from windows 7 (C: ) to E:
It fails at:
Items remaining: 1 (3.61gb)

For a different one (from C:\Users\Matt\Documents to E: ) (7.42 gb)
It fails at:
Items remaining: 1 (1.78 gb)

copy them in windows to test! The ISO's have bad blocks on disk!
perform from elevated command prompt:

Code:

 
chkdsk/f/r c:
chkdsk/f/r e:

any errors, and are they corrected? This takes hours, please be patient.

Code:

 C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk/f/r c:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process.  Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

Code:

 C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk/f/r e:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is New Volume.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 5)...
  105728 file records processed.
File verification completed.
  44 large file records processed.
  0 bad file records processed.
  0 EA records processed.
  0 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)...
  112902 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
  0 unindexed files scanned.
  0 unindexed files recovered.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 5)...
  105728 file SDs/SIDs processed.
Security descriptor verification completed.
  3588 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
  8712544 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
  105712 files processed.
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
  187765312 free clusters processed.
Free space verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

1579253759 KB total disk space.
 827917424 KB in 101992 files.
     46600 KB in 3589 indexes.
         0 KB in bad sectors.
    228487 KB in use by the system.
     65536 KB occupied by the log file.
 751061248 KB available on disk.

      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
 394813439 total allocation units on disk.
 187765312 allocation units available on disk.

Golden said:

Hi,

The ISO is a file, not a directory. When prompted with:

Does E:\rld-me3a.iso specify a file name or directory name on the target
(F = file, D = directory)?

Type f

I'm not sure it will help the situation, but give it a go.

Regards,
Golden

Hey,

I was going to put it as a file but it had E:\ so i thought it was specifying the destination but i'll try F now.

During the process I repeatedly get a pop up saying:
xcopy.exe - Corrupt File
The file or directory \rld-me3a.iso is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility.

Result:

Code:

C:\Windows\system32>xcopy C:\rld-me3a.iso E:\rld-me3a.iso /J
Does E:\rld-me3a.iso specify a file name
or directory name on the target
(F = file, D = directory)? f
C:\rld-me3a.iso
File creation error - The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.

Actions taken and results described thoughout the progression of this thread is now leading me to think this may really be a hardware issue. I think I would make sure I had good backups of the drive that has the iso file that cannot be copied {I think it was C:}, boot into BIOS to run HD tests that may be available there, download HD manufacturer diagnotics and run them.

Are you getting any SMART messages for this drive when you boot the machine?

Even if it turns out to be a non-issue, it's good to know the health of your drive, as well as make sure you have everything backed up properly! :)

Kaktussoft said:

Did you type Y and did reboot? Then a chkdsk takes place on disk C. any errors? fixable?

I think the OP said it did run on reboot, but I don't recall if he ever posted what he found in the event log for the chkdsk run. He'd have to go there to get a screenshot of it to post.