This may make it clearer: http://www.tempusfugit.ca/sitewatch/robocopy_jp.html
Andrew Hurst Systems Engineer Mourant Ozannes BVI | CAYMAN ISLANDS | GUERNSEY | HONG KONG | JERSEY | LONDON D +44 1534 676 772 | T +44 1534 676 000 | F +44 1534 676 333 mourantozannes.com<http://www.mourantozannes.com/> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale Sent: 24 March 2015 12:24 To: '[email protected]' Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Robocopy Question Junctions? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelsey, John Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:23 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [NTSysADM] Robocopy Question Robocopying a drive from a physical Win 2008 (32bit) server to a virtual Win 2008 R2 Server. Source drive (dynamic disk) is 500GB with about 150GB free space. Compression is not turned on. Destination drive (basic disk) is 500GB, and its empty Both drives have the same bytes per sector and cluster. Issue is the robocopy fills the destination drive completely and then fails with about maybe 30GB to go. Why does the data take more space on the destination than on the source? Is it because the destination disk is only a 'basic' disk? Thanks all and Happy Monday :/ *************************************** John C. Kelsey Penn Highlands DuBois *: 814.375.3073 * : 814.375.4005 *: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> *************************************** [cid:[email protected]] This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Penn Highlands Healthcare or its affiliates.. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.

