Re: Losing files when cutting/pasting...

Cutting and pasting is problematic if you take into account that if you were
to cut a file, then for what ever reason something happens before you get a
chance to paste the file (blue screen, power failure etc..) That file is
lost.

You delete the information from one place and place it in another with
cutting and pasting. The key word is "delete". If *anything* unexpected
happens to the computer before you paste the info, that info is left in the
deleted state.

Copying and pasting is safer in that you copy the information and place it
in another location, you have the info in two places and you have to
*manually* delete the file you want.

If a file is that important, you should be using copy and paste for the same
reason you backup your files, you want a "copy" in two places in case of
problems.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE



"RA" <none> wrote in message news:uuMJy%2366FHA.636@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Patrick wrote:
>> "RA" wrote:
>>> Patrick wrote:
>>>> So, one of the guys I work with swears up and down that sometimes he
>>>> ends up losing files when copying large folders to a firewire drive
>>>> we use for backup. The whole idea seems a little nutty, as my
>>>> understanding is that Windows will not delete the old file until it
>>>> verifies the new file has arrived at it's new destination. Anyone
>>>> care to comment?
>>>
>>> It would be very easy to check if files are lost if you are actually
>>> copying to the drive. Just compare the orginal with the copy.
>>> I would never cut and paste across drives. It is just as easy to
>>> copy and paste and then delete the original.
>>
>> Ya, that's the thing...the stuff he's copying has a lot of folder, and
>> sub-folders. So it would be pretty hard to go through and manually
>> verify if it is all there. The whole thing seems rather dumb to me
>> though. I've cut and pasted like this hundreds of times and never
>> lost a bit of data.
>
> If you just right click on the files, you can at least compare the sizes.
> If they are exactly the same size, you can be fairly sure that all the
> files copied. If there is a difference in sizes, then obviously something
> didn't go.
>


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