Solved Copy Files From One Drive to Another

[Danielzxzx]

So I have to reinstall my computer completely and I want to backup my hard drive to this external hard drive. I want to be able to have access to all files from this external hard drive. I'm doing this just so I can get to game saves and transfer it over when needed. That is pretty much the only reason for what I'm doing.

So because of that I thought a simple copy paste of everything would work fine but after it finished pasting, it didn't even paste everything and didn't do much major areas. I'm guessing there is a tool I will have to use but I can't find one that does what I'm trying to do.

Can anyone help me?

 

[AddRAM]

Try drag and drop.

 

[Danielzxzx]

Try drag and drop.

I tried that. It didn't work.

 

[Berton]

Are you trying to paste to the root of the HDD or to a Folder on the HDD? Usually works best to have a Folder [any name of your choice] and Paste into it. Before copying make sure the files are not marked as Hidden in right-click and Properties.

 

[Danielzxzx]

Are you trying to paste to the root of the HDD or to a Folder on the HDD? Usually works best to have a Folder [any name of your choice] and Paste into it. Before copying make sure the files are not marked as Hidden in right-click and Properties.

When I tried it, I had created a folder in my external drive to transfer to. Where in properties do I go to mark everything as not hidden?

 

[Berton]

Properties, General tab, check boxes at bottom.

 

[whs]

I would make an image. Then you can later mount the image VHD and extract whatever you need. The easiest is with this command in an elevated command prompt:

WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:f: -include:c:

This will make an image of C on disk F (the root). The image will be a VHD which you can mount (attach) in Disk Management. Right click on the Action tab (see picture) and follow the wizard. The mounted image will then appear in Computer and you can deal with it like with any other drive.

 

[Danielzxzx]

I would make an image. Then you can later mount the image VHD and extract whatever you need. The easiest is with this command in an elevated command prompt:

WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:f: -include:c:

This will make an image of C on disk F (the root). The image will be a VHD which you can mount (attach) in Disk Management. Right click on the Action tab (see picture) and follow the wizard. The mounted image will then appear in Computer and you can deal with it like with any other drive.

Looks nice, but is there a way to exclude a certain directory?

I would want it to create an image of everything except for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps". Would something like that be possible?

 

[whs]

Not when you create the image. But once you mount the image, you can delete that part.

 

[Danielzxzx]

Not when you create the image. But once you mount the image, you can delete that part.

Except there is a problem with this. I will never even get to the part where I can delete it. That directory is almost 2TB in size. My external hard drive is only 1TB.

If this method won't work, is there another way you know of that could work?

 

[Wandering one]

Try this tutorial www.sevenforums.com/.../516-context-menu-add-copy-folder-move-folder. html
Art.

 

[whs]

Can't you get rid of this 2TB directory before you make the image - if nothing else, with a live linux CD/stick.

 

[Danielzxzx]

I would make an image. Then you can later mount the image VHD and extract whatever you need. The easiest is with this command in an elevated command prompt:

WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:f: -include:c:

This will make an image of C on disk F (the root). The image will be a VHD which you can mount (attach) in Disk Management. Right click on the Action tab (see picture) and follow the wizard. The mounted image will then appear in Computer and you can deal with it like with any other drive.

I searched up WBADMIN START BACKUP and found a -exclude. Can't I use that in a way to exclude "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps". If -exclude can do that, how would I write the command so it can do that?

 

[whs]

I don't think there is an 'exclude'

Syntax: WBADMIN START BACKUP
[-backupTarget:{<BackupDestinationVolume> | <TargetNetworkShare>}]
[-include:<VolumesToInclude>]
[-allCritical]
[-user:<UserName>]
[-password:<Password>]
[-noInheritAcl]
[-noVerify]
[-vssFull | -vssCopy]
[-quiet]

 

[Danielzxzx]

I don't think there is an 'exclude'

Syntax: WBADMIN START BACKUP
[-backupTarget:{<BackupDestinationVolume> | <TargetNetworkShare>}]
[-include:<VolumesToInclude>]
[-allCritical]
[-user:<UserName>]
[-password:<Password>]
[-noInheritAcl]
[-noVerify]
[-vssFull | -vssCopy]
[-quiet]

I found it from this:
Wbadmin start backup

How would I write the command with the -exclude?

 

[whs]

Open an elevated command prompt and put this command in and see whether -exclude is ther.

wbadmin start backup /?

 

[Danielzxzx]

Ok, so it requires Windows server and doesn't work for Windows 7. I don't know why the link I sent said it would work on Windows 7 though.

Anyway, I can't delete SteamApps, I still need it for now. I will need to find a way of creating a backup but without the SteamApps folder. I will probably need to download something but I don't know what.

 

[whs]

You apparently did not try to delete the Steam file with a live Linuc CD. If you have none, you can use my approach. With that you have access to any partition on your disks and can delete things at will. I don't show the delete option in the video because it was focused on data recovery, but I am shure you can figure that out (just right click on the folders you want to delete).

 

[Danielzxzx]

I don't have issues with deleting the steamapps folder. The problem is I don't want to delete the steamapps folder as it's a very important folder for me and I don't want the folder to be deleted until I'm completely sure everything is fine and no mistakes have been made. One of the requirements for this is having my computer backed up.

 

[whs]

Then you need a bigger backup disk.