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Jannie Frankenberry
In order to reliably copy with good speed to the private space, try a file copy software such as Teracopy which now supports 7z compression of a source folder to a destination zip file in one operation. Teracopy, with Windows Explorer integration can now copy a source folder to the destination and paste into a destination zip file, in the following example, a folder with 930 files (645 MB) was compressed and copied to the MCH private space in about 25 seconds at 31 MBps. The 7zip menu option of Teracopy is not available if 7zip is not installed. See post #4 below for the -mx0 switch to increase copy throughput to 76 MBps.
The easiest way to browse within a zip container on the My Cloud Home is to use something like TreeSize Free to browse the tree structure and MaxView Shareware ($20 lifetime) allows browsing within zip and 7-zip archive directly. This is the realtime loading and browsing of about 600 pictures in a zip container directly on a local MCH private space.
This page will provide an overview of a useful tool for digital preservation: Teracopy. It will start by introducing Teracopy and describing why you may wish to use it. We will then go through how to download and open the tool and what preferences to set, and will finish with how to use the tool to copy digital content safely.
The main reason to use Teracopy is that it incorporates integrity checking into its transfer process. An integrity check should be carried out whenever digital content is copied or moved, therefore using Teracopy streamlines the transfer process, consolidating two tasks into one. Teracopy also allows users to pause and resume a transfer of digital content, provides a detailed log of the folders and files copied or moved, and can output a copy of the checksums generated for future use. The only major failing of the tool is that if a file or folder is skipped due to an error occurring, Teracopy does not provide details of what type of error was encountered. It can be used for any copy action, including transferring content within a network or from external storage into your digital archive.
In this section we will walk through a demo of setting your preferences in Teracopy. This will help you to get the most from the tool. It is particularly important as integrity checking is not a default setting within Teracopy. It must be turned on before the first time you use the tool.
Once you have set your preferences in Teracopy it is worthwhile closing the tool and reopening to ensure that the new settings are all ready for use. Before closing the tool interface, it should look like the version on the top left. Once the tool has been closed and reopened it should look like the bottom left window (if you have selected all of the options included in the demo). Now we will look at copying files with Teracopy.
Sorry - I'm working from a position of ignorance I'm afraid. I don't know anything about them either, other than there's an option in Teracopy to 'register a copy handler'. The relevant option is show in the screencap below. I've emailed Teracopy for some advice on how copying should be invoked. I guess it could be a problem with Teracopy itself (which I've asked them about), but given that other programs I'd tried 'worked', I assumed it was the way 7-Zip was calling for the copy operation. I'll let you know what they say.
BE ADVISED - I still use an older version of TeraCopy (v2.27), a goody but an oldy, so have only tested my program with that. It may work with the newer v3.xx, or may be easily adjusted to do so, but I have not yet gone that route. Likewise, I only use it with Win 7 and Win XP, but I don't imagine there should be any issues with newer Windows. Add to that, my program being devised and created in AutoIt v3.3.0.0.
I devised my program for two main reasons really, based on giving me greater control, using the Free version of TeraCopy, which has some limitations (perhaps even with the paid full version). My program utilizes the features of the TeraCopy command-line.
Those familiar with TeraCopy use, know you can run multiple copy or move jobs either simultaneously or concurrently (one immediately after another has finished). With the free version at least, you have no control over precise order or timing, and no way to deal (without manual interaction) with the pesky Thumbs.db files in Win XP. TeraCopy Timer allows you to do all those things, and in a batch fashion.
The Advanced Delay Options, are a further level of automation, added during the early stages of development, before I thought to create the Minimalist window and show Sizes. It was before I decided to put a lot more effort into the program. As with all my programs though, it is continual use that eventually dictates what I ultimately want to happen, to make my life easier ... simpler, better, smarter, quicker.
The chief purpose for all the advanced options, is an attempt to cater for the difference between moving a small number of big files and a lot of small files. Moving or Copying lots of small files (hundreds or thousands), as many would know, can heat up a HDD far quicker and to a much higher temperature than a small number of (even very) large files. I guess that is primarily due to the sheer number of indexes that need to be created, and with small files are done at a staggering rate.
WARNING - It should go without saying, that you take all the usual precautions. For instance, don't use move with the only copy you have of precious files. BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP! Don't hold me liable for anything, except for being a nice guy who likes to share.
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Thumbs.db files with Win 7 don't cause an issue with TeraCopy, whereas they do with Win XP, so to my mind it is a bug they never bothered to fix. Quite a while back, I did try to reason with one of their developers, but either he didn't want to know (they were developing v3 at the time) or he just didn't understand (somehow), so I gave up and created my own solution. And I am guessing, that terminated support for Win XP, was also a factor, which shouldn't be in a case like this type of program ... old PCs don't stop being relevant or usable, just because a new version of Windows comes along, they are still very handy for all sorts of things, not least of which is storage or games and other media, and that often involves moving large amounts of files around. Narrow thinking in that regard always pisses me off. Something like Thumbs.db files (very common) halting proceedings etc, is a pretty major bug to my mind, that should have been fixed, especially in the case of Win XP, which is arguably Microsoft's most popular OS ever, and still used by many all over the world, even if just in a secondary or third PC capacity.
Perhaps you are not aware of the many benefits of TeraCopy. I don't have it enabled as a full replacement for Windows copy and move, but I do have it enabled for right-click dragging, so I use it most of the time ... quickly and simply, with no fuss or mucking around ... and that's just the free version.
What you describe is exactly what I did moving WIMs in a batch 'capture-alter-deploy' fashion with Imagex, DISM, and xcopy. I'd like to see the batch job that might be tedious with xcopy and/or how the teracopy batch is less so for my edification.
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