Robocopy is a built-in Windows 11 tool that allows you to copy files from one place to another. It’s a command-line tool, ...

The GUI is fine if you're only moving a few files, but for larger and more complex migrations, this built-in Windows utility is the way to go. There are many ways to get a file from Point A to Point B ...

Ok, sorry about the lack of specifics before. Here goes then. I'm attempting to use Robocopy w/Windows Scheduled Tasks to auto-copy a folder (backup) from a Workstation computer (WinXP SP3); to our ...

Reader Kevin's got stacks of burned data CDs and DVDs, but doesn't want to have to switch them in and out of his CD drive to find a particular file. His solution is to make an image of the disks' ...

The reason is that Robocopy has always been synchronous, i.e. non-parallel, when it comes to transferring file metadata. If you have a lot of files, especially small ones, the metadata becomes a ...

I think you are right. The /MIR option says that /MIR is equivalent to /E and /PURGE, and /PURGE is supposed to "delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source". I have no idea why it isn't ...

Trying to understand the logic behind Microsoft's development decisions is a bit like S&M: it's a painful activity probably best left to others. But a recent example from the storage world does ...