Consolidating hard drives - Page 2

**Baresfan** · January 21st, 2019, 01:30 PM

I would recommend Seagate or WD drives - not Toshiba. I run a four bay enclosure configured as a JBOD rather than a RAID in addition to my 2 TB Hybrid internal drive and another separate media drive. All in all about 20 TB. On top of that I have a couple of USB-powered portable drives in the 2-3 TB range.

**Ace1965** · January 22nd, 2019, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pharoahegypt

Same way as any other file.... Drag your mouse over the folder/files, right-click, copy; then right-click on the destination drive & paste.

If you choose to 'cut' & 'paste' though you'll lose the original file from the original drive, and it's something I never risk. Easy to delete that file after you've checked it's copied properly to your new drive.

OK that answers the other question I had about it and it was about the naming of the files. I know when I click on a picture, hold Cntrl, then pull it into a blank space, it takes a name of "Image123" and makes it "Copy_Image123" which is not what I wanted. I want the names to stay the same.

Like everything else, try something small first before going for the whole big thing. I tried a single picture then a single video and it worked. The way I have my hard drives structured is by volume numbers. First drive has one big folder named Volume 1 with dozens of sub folders containing the hundreds of individual files. Second drive is Volume 2 and so on. I want to go to that first drive, click copy, go to the new larger drive, paste and it makes a carbon copy of Volume 1. It sounds like it should work. Hopefully.

**pharoahegypt** · January 22nd, 2019, 09:57 AM

If you're copying the file to another empty drive then there is no reason that the file name would change? You only get that 'copy' issue is you're copying an identical named file to the same drive.

Using the CTRL button is your error... By using it & pressing either a,c,d you can 'select all', 'copy', or 'delete' the selected files. By using your cursor/mouse to select said files then right-clicking it will copy without this issue.

Also, as transfering/copying large amounts of data will take time, the idea I suggested of keeping the original file there until after it's been successfully copied over & then deleting it, will mean that should you suffer a power or machine failure in this time, the file will not be lost. if you cut/paste leaving no original file then this could happen. It certainly has to me before I began using this alternate way.

**Jazz67** · January 22nd, 2019, 12:01 PM

One other thing to bear in mind is that older FAT-32 drives have a 4Gb maximum file size. That never used to be an issue, but an HD movie or a 20 minute VR clip can quite easily take you over it.
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zuckerman · January 22nd, 2019, 12:10 PM

For file copying with large numbers of small files I recommend using a utility like ROBOCOPY (it's free) to handle the transfers. There's a slight learning curve because it runs in command line in Windows, but it pretty much ensures a 100% accurate copy of your files, folders and sub-folders in a way that Windows drag & drop copies often mess up. Presumably there's a Mac equivalent.

Your old 1TB drives just become your backup of the new consolidated version - put them somewhere safe and forget them.

**Ace1965** · January 27th, 2019, 10:26 PM

I've hit a snag with this procedure.

Got the new 4TB drive, Clicked on the one folder from drive 1, selected copy, went to the new drive and clicked paste. The copying procedure started. But after running for a few minutes it threw up an error message saying "out of memory" "there's not enough memory to complete this operation".

What does this mean? I'm just copying 1TB of info over to a 4TB drive. What memory is it talking about?

**bowlinggreen** · January 27th, 2019, 10:56 PM

Try moving your data in smaller chunks, a few gigs at a time. Set up a new folder system on the new drive and copy piece by piece to that.

This is tedious, but you'll find out where you might have corrupted data space when you try to copy something that looks ok, but isn't.

**Ace1965** · January 27th, 2019, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bowlinggreen

Try moving your data in smaller chunks, a few gigs at a time. Set up a new folder system on the new drive and copy piece by piece to that.

This is tedious, but you'll find out where you might have corrupted data space when you try to copy something that looks ok, but isn't.

It's also asking me if I want to scan the old drive and fix any errors that might be there. Not sure what that means either.

But I'm trying the smaller chunks thing right now. It hit another out of memory error when I tried a 600mb file.

EDIT: It's also hanging up on smaller files too. I tried a 6gb file and it rejected it too.

Billiwog · January 29th, 2019, 06:30 PM

"Scan the drive and fix errors" means that Windows wants to run chkdsk (Check Disk) to look for file system errors. Hold off on that for the moment.

Approximately how much free space do you have on the source (1 TB) drive?

**BustyWomenLovr** · January 30th, 2019, 12:07 AM

I should have stuck with Toshiba - now the Seagate is crapping out. Almost as weird as the WD.

January 22nd, 2019, 09:57 AM	#13
pharoahegypt Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Middle England Posts: 4,491 Thanks: 10,176 Thanked 43,618 Times in 4,154 Posts	If you're copying the file to another empty drive then there is no reason that the file name would change? You only get that 'copy' issue is you're copying an identical named file to the same drive. Using the CTRL button is your error... By using it & pressing either a,c,d you can 'select all', 'copy', or 'delete' the selected files. By using your cursor/mouse to select said files then right-clicking it will copy without this issue. Also, as transfering/copying large amounts of data will take time, the idea I suggested of keeping the original file there until after it's been successfully copied over & then deleting it, will mean that should you suffer a power or machine failure in this time, the file will not be lost. if you cut/paste leaving no original file then this could happen. It certainly has to me before I began using this alternate way. __________________ Arguing with a intelligent person is hard; but arguing with a stupid person is impossible! Last edited by pharoahegypt; January 22nd, 2019 at 10:05 AM..

January 27th, 2019, 10:26 PM	#16
Ace1965 Vintage Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 828 Thanks: 58,691 Thanked 9,696 Times in 817 Posts	I've hit a snag with this procedure. Got the new 4TB drive, Clicked on the one folder from drive 1, selected copy, went to the new drive and clicked paste. The copying procedure started. But after running for a few minutes it threw up an error message saying "out of memory" "there's not enough memory to complete this operation". What does this mean? I'm just copying 1TB of info over to a 4TB drive. What memory is it talking about? __________________ Shaved pussy is boring. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

January 27th, 2019, 10:56 PM	#17
bowlinggreen Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4,192 Thanks: 48,676 Thanked 49,167 Times in 4,188 Posts	Try moving your data in smaller chunks, a few gigs at a time. Set up a new folder system on the new drive and copy piece by piece to that. This is tedious, but you'll find out where you might have corrupted data space when you try to copy something that looks ok, but isn't. __________________ So much porn, so little time...

January 30th, 2019, 12:07 AM	#20
BustyWomenLovr Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,750 Thanks: 20,513 Thanked 43,169 Times in 2,674 Posts	I should have stuck with Toshiba - now the Seagate is crapping out. Almost as weird as the WD. __________________ There is no such thing as too big a bust.

January 21st, 2019, 01:30 PM	#11
Baresfan Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,060 Thanks: 2,313 Thanked 14,183 Times in 1,013 Posts	I would recommend Seagate or WD drives - not Toshiba. I run a four bay enclosure configured as a JBOD rather than a RAID in addition to my 2 TB Hybrid internal drive and another separate media drive. All in all about 20 TB. On top of that I have a couple of USB-powered portable drives in the 2-3 TB range.

January 22nd, 2019, 12:01 PM	#14
Jazz67 SuperMod, supergroovy Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lost in the Forest Posts: 6,002 Thanks: 49,662 Thanked 45,988 Times in 5,961 Posts	One other thing to bear in mind is that older FAT-32 drives have a 4Gb maximum file size. That never used to be an issue, but an HD movie or a 20 minute VR clip can quite easily take you over it. More info here - https://anonym.to/?https://www.pcwor...t-vs-ntfs.html https://anonym.to/?https://www.howto...xfat-and-ntfs/

January 22nd, 2019, 12:10 PM	#15
zuckerman Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 99 Thanks: 2,153 Thanked 1,376 Times in 94 Posts	For file copying with large numbers of small files I recommend using a utility like ROBOCOPY (it's free) to handle the transfers. There's a slight learning curve because it runs in command line in Windows, but it pretty much ensures a 100% accurate copy of your files, folders and sub-folders in a way that Windows drag & drop copies often mess up. Presumably there's a Mac equivalent. Your old 1TB drives just become your backup of the new consolidated version - put them somewhere safe and forget them.

January 29th, 2019, 06:30 PM	#19
Billiwog Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 157 Thanks: 940 Thanked 1,634 Times in 147 Posts	"Scan the drive and fix errors" means that Windows wants to run chkdsk (Check Disk) to look for file system errors. Hold off on that for the moment. Approximately how much free space do you have on the source (1 TB) drive?