Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Al Anger
I keep telling people, don't use the right click - move. If it dies, you in a world of hurt trying to figure what got moved. Only use the copy and then delete after the copy is successful. al On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:57:21 -0400 tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Well, points for style, it appears MS

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Chris Reeves
Well yes I do that. :). Just referring to copy glitches. I guess back to teracopy I go -Original Message- From: Al Anger li...@alanger.net Sent: ‎7/‎6/‎2013 6:35 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function I keep

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Al Anger
Well, I got burned once, way back when. The two step method just seems like basic sound practice. But yes explorer's file handling has always been buggy. :( On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 07:56:06 -0500 Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Well yes I do that. :). Just referring to copy glitches. I

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Tim Lider
Also, when copying a large amount of data it is a good idea to break the copy down into smaller amounts. What I mean by this is the number of files. This was also true in earlier versions of Windows as well. I copy vast amounts of data everyday so it's a little tip there :) On July 6, 2013 at

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Is the problem in Windows the number of files or the size of the copy? I regularly move: 30+ GB files with no problem. I also move 10s of files each in the 2GB range, too. On..this is Win8. Sorry, silly me. :) On 7/6/2013 12:09 PM, Tim Lider wrote: Also, when copying a large amount of data

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Tim Lider
Anthony, I meant a large amount of files. In some cases we copy over 1 to 2 million files in one recovery for a clients. Usually if the file count gets over 200,000 we copy the data in parts. Multiple copying is where Windows 8 excels at, at times we have 3 to 5 copy processes running at he

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread DSinc
Another W8 glitch? Sheesh! Read in the paper last weekend that MS will release 'something' called Windows 8.1 this September. Don't know whether this is an upgrade, a patch, or whatever. Article mentions many fixes from their 'complaints' mail. WUP? Still no 'START button'