Problem Copying ISO Files Between Harddrives

[vangle]

I get the same error when just trying to copy the file on the same partition so i may just have really bad luck and have downloaded 3 different corrupted files! Haha

 

[Kaktussoft]

I get the same error when just trying to copy the file on the same partition so i may just have really bad luck and have downloaded 3 different corrupted files! Haha

Not really!! Even corrupted ISO's can be read by windows OS. There are some bad blocks or unreadabel blocks or something like that.

Can you create a file succesfully on that partition where ISO already is? Let's assume there is a folder called MYTESTFOLDER:

• Can you copy files to it?
• Can you copy ISO files to it?

 

[vangle]

Created a new folder. Copied in an old ISO file from my other hard drive without problem. Then copied and pasted that ISO from that folder into a different one on the same partition. No problem.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Created a new folder. Copied in an old ISO file from my other hard drive without problem. Then copied and pasted that ISO from that folder into a different one on the same partition. No problem.

So copying that ISO works!

please put that ISO in same folder as where the failing ISO is now.

• copy that ISO to some folder to another disk.
• copy another ISO from SAME folder to another disk.

So copy from some source folder to some destination folder. That fails as you told many times. Do exactly the same with the working ISO. That fails as well or works succesfully?

 

[vangle]

Copied the working ISO into the same file as the failing one and then copied it from there to the other hard drive without error

 

[Kaktussoft]

Copied the working ISO into the same file as the failing one and then copied it from there to the other hard drive without error

So copying from FolderA to FolderB works for 1 ISO but not for 3 other ISO's?

 

[Kaktussoft]

May posts. Don't know if you already answered:

• Can you copy ISO file from C:\somefolder to C:\anotherfolder?

 

[vangle]

Pretty much seems that way. Like i said i may have just had the rotten luck of downloading 3 bad files.

 

[vangle]

May posts. Don't know if you already answered:

• Can you copy ISO file from C:\somefolder to C:\anotherfolder?

No it comes up with the same error.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Pretty much seems that way. Like i said i may have just had the rotten luck of downloading 3 bad files.

Even rotten files with bad contents can be copied!

• What is the size of smallest bad ISO?
• What is size of working ISO?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Does copy bad ISO work in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/69585-safe-mode.html ??

 

[Kaktussoft]

try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ation-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html as well. so disable all "non microsoft services" and "startup items" temporary.

Does that make any difference?

 

[vangle]

Working ISO is 2.5gb (only chose it becuase it was quite small so quicker to copy)
Smallest non working ISO is 5.3gb

 

[Kaktussoft]

Working ISO is 2.5gb (only chose it becuase it was quite small so quicker to copy)
Smallest non working ISO is 5.3gb

1. make a testfolder: C:\testfolder
2. copy the working ISO to that folder. Name it test.iso (I assume it still copies nicely)
3. open a command prompt

C:
CD \testfolder
copy/b test.iso+test.iso large.iso

now you have a file c:\testfolder\large.iso try to copy that file

 

[Kaktussoft]

Working ISO is 2.5gb (only chose it becuase it was quite small so quicker to copy)
Smallest non working ISO is 5.3gb

1. make a testfolder: C:\testfolder
2. copy the working ISO to that folder. Name it test.iso (I assume it still copies nicely)
3. open a command prompt

C:
CD \testfolder
copy/b test.iso+test.iso large.iso

now you have a file c:\testfolder\large.iso try to copy that file

you could also do

copy/b test.iso+test.iso+test.iso large.iso

To make it even bigger.

also you can copy the working ISO to another partition and do the same trick to make it larger. Copy the large file on that partition to some other folder on same partition.

Is the problem partition related?

 

[vangle]

I used the first one (so ended up about 5.6gb) and it copied fine to another folder on the same hard drive and fine again to the main partition on the other hard drive.
Just attempting to copy the non-working ISO file to a different partition on the second hard drive.

 

[vangle]

I used the first one (so ended up about 5.6gb) and it copied fine to another folder on the same hard drive and fine again to the main partition on the other hard drive.
Just attempting to copy the non-working ISO file to a different partition on the second hard drive.

Same error when transferring to a different partition.

 

[Kaktussoft]

So some ISO files don't copy successfully from C:\folderA to F:\folderB
So at least 1 ISO file does succesfully copy from C:\folderA to F:\folderB

Are you very sure you use SAME folder names for both copy tests?
Failing ISO is smaller than working ISO?

Sure the working ISO copies fine all the time, so it's not a coincidence?

 

[vangle]

Yeah i put them both in the exact same folders
Failing ISO is 5.6gb and working one is 5.2gb
Im just making a bigger one (about 7.8gb) and going to try that

 

[Kaktussoft]

Yeah i put them both in the exact same folders
Failing ISO is 5.6gb and working one is 5.2gb
Im just making a bigger one (about 7.8gb) and going to try that

• So not a folder problem.
• So not a partition problem.
• Not a file problem. 3 ISO files with bad blocks is very unlikely.
• Even renaming ISO to TXT doesn't fix it. So not a filename problem.

Very very strange! Try safe mode and clean startup