The software does not NEED to be exactly for that purpose. But basically the issue is that I'm trying to copy files from an old external HDD that fell hard on the ground at least three times. I was unable to find any data fault on it - anything I copy is just fine - but it will sometimes disconnect during copying, or the copying will be slow.
I have noticed that in general, copy
command line command on Windows is way faster than Windows Explorer.
So I am looking for software that:
- Can copy at least as fast as
copy
- Can resume operation after the HDD disconnects
- Reports progress
Can be a command line utility or a program with GUI. It does not need to be able to recover anything that is corrupted - I am not aware of any corrupted files.
dd_rescue
. In general, the way Windows mounts drives will result in write operations, which are dangerous on damaged disks. – Thomas Weller Aug 27 '20 at 19:54robocopy
has a mode which allows resuming an interrupted copy. It's also a command line tool and as good ascopy
. superuser.com/questions/1514911/… – Thomas Weller Aug 27 '20 at 19:55