{"id":2744,"date":"2017-09-02T16:12:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T10:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2023-11-09T16:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:19:33","slug":"continue-file-copying-even-if-error-occurs-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/continue-file-copying-even-if-error-occurs-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Continue file-copying even if error occurs in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Silently copy files without error messages and generate error logs using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wwdKb3g0m9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While copying a large number of files, we often see a window pop up saying &#8216;An error occurred while copying.&#8217; Isn&#8217;t this very annoying? Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if instead of attending to every error message, you could skip that particular type of error and continue with the rest of the copy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post will show you how to <strong>continue copying your files even when an error occurs<\/strong>. Also, you can skip the same type of error so that you are not prompted each time. You can later review the log to learn why the error occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand this better, we will compare Windows <strong> Xcopy <\/strong> tool with an <strong> alternative software <\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Copywhiz?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility &amp; control over the file copying and backup process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> makes file copying a breeze: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copy only new or modified files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files to multiple folders\/computers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sync files between source and destination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedule file backups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify copied files for data integrity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retain security attributes of files &amp; folders (ownership\/user access)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Features\" target=\"_blank\">Several more hidden nuggets<\/a>&nbsp;designed to make your file-copy task easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to continue copying even on error<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Xcopy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Xcopy Source [Destination] \/c<\/strong> command lets us to continue file-copying even if error occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Ex: To copy files from \u2018C:\\project\u2019 to the folder \u2018D:\\Backup\u2018, by excluding the files with errors, the following command line will be used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong> xcopy &#8220;C:\\project D:\\Backup \/c <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Xcopy commands are not easy to use. System administrators may be able to use it. But Xcopy is not for ordinary users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Copywhiz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this short video that depicts this feature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Silently copy files without error messages and generate error logs using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wwdKb3g0m9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When copying files, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a> does not stop on error. Instead it lets you <strong>retry or skip <\/strong> that particular file &amp; proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screenshot-Skip-error.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screenshot-Skip-error.png 505w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screenshot-Skip-error-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Also, if a <strong>file is locked (file-in-use) <\/strong>, Copywhiz will wait until you unlock the file. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a> will show you which program is using the file so that you can close the program in order to continue with file copy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_Replace_Locked_File_On_Reboot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_Replace_Locked_File_On_Reboot.png 550w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_Replace_Locked_File_On_Reboot-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>If the <strong>disk is full <\/strong>, Copywhiz will show how much space you need to free in order to complete the operation successfully as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_Retry_Or_Skip_Files_On_Error.png\" alt=\"Screenshot Retry Or Skip Files On Error\" class=\"wp-image-4872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_Retry_Or_Skip_Files_On_Error.png 550w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_Retry_Or_Skip_Files_On_Error-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Now here comes the best part!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can configure Copywhiz to <strong>run it silently<\/strong>. This means you will no longer be asked any questions when copying files. Also, duplicate files will be replaced by default, and error logs will be generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All you need to do is click on the General Tab in the Advanced Settings and select the option &#8220;Run Silently.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Advanced-Settings-GeneralTab.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Advanced-Settings-GeneralTab.png 453w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Advanced-Settings-GeneralTab-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You must have now understood how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a> is much easier and faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take <strong>automatic backups of your files and folders<\/strong>! Read more about it here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-conceptworld-039-s-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6NNQVvOTu0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-copy-files-in-background-at-specific-time-in-windows\/\">Automatically copy files &#038; folders in background at specific time in Windows<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Automatically copy files &#038; folders in background at specific time in Windows&#8221; &#8212; Conceptworld&#039;s Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/automatically-copy-files-in-background-at-specific-time-in-windows\/embed\/#?secret=v2jpX4CzVG#?secret=6NNQVvOTu0\" data-secret=\"6NNQVvOTu0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So why wait? Go try it out today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more tutorial videos, click <a title=\"Copywhiz Tutorial Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCULI5s6KJn-0iDIeqJRUWQA?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a> for regular updates and interesting videos!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about<\/a> Copywhiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the free trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Download\">from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other cool products<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While copying a large number of files, we often see a window pop up saying &#8216;An error occurred while copying.&#8217; Isn&#8217;t this very annoying? Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if instead of attending to every error message, you could skip that particular type of error and continue with the rest of the copy? This post will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/continue-file-copying-even-if-error-occurs-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Continue file-copying even if error occurs in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-2744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copywhiz","tag-xcopy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7156,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions\/7156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}