Solved Recycle bin on external HDD interferes with sync

[timotb]

Basically Im using Windows7 with two attached USB HDD full of videos. I want to sync the 1TB HDD to the 500GB HDD and have a mirrored backup. Ive been using Toucan for this sync. The problem happens because windows insists on adding a recycle bin to each of the independent HDDs. Toucan fumbles with the Recycle bin on the sync saying it can not "enumerate" Videos copies to second HDD is corrupted.

Ideas?

 

[GokAy]

You should be able to exclude certain files/folders. But I don't know that software. I use FreeFileSync and it works great. Give it a try if you can't sort Toucan.

 

[timotb]

You should be able to exclude certain files/folders. But I don't know that software. I use FreeFileSync and it works great. Give it a try if you can't sort Toucan.

Im going to try freefilesync. Might be the best advise I get.

 

[GokAy]

FreeFileSync excludes these by default (you can delete any of them if you so wish):

\System Volume Information\
\$Recycle.Bin\
\RECYCLER\
\RECYCLED\
*\desktop.ini
*\thumbs.db

 

[timotb]

Interesting finding: I completely reformatted destination HDD and used the copy paste command to copy all the videos over......got the same kind of corruptions, video pixilation and sound cutting in and out intermittently. Video and sound is great on source HDD.

 

[DavidE]

That's a different problem than what you originally asked, right ?

For "large" file copying operations i use Robocopy.
For me, that is more reliable than Windows Explorer "copy & paste".

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/187346-robocopy-create-backup-script.html

 

[GokAy]

You may want to verify health of that USB drive.

 

[timotb]

The source HDD is new only a few months old.....the large files might be the issue......going to try robocopy.

I downloaded freefilesync and after the install I got realtimesync, what happened?

 

[GokAy]

I mean the backup one. And no, your assumption about large files should be wrong.

Nothing should get corrupted copying from one drive to other unless there is some faulty component. I might even think the RAM (need hardware people comment on this )

Maybe zeroing the drive may help, not just a reformat. Search the term while others comment.
Note: Zeroing doesn't repair a drive but may help as in isolating bad sectors afaik.

 

[timotb]

Anyhow......freefilesync fixed all problems......everything is working as it should.....thanks