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Some files won't transfer to portablean external hard drive?

When backing up an external hard drive on windowsWindows 10 some files won'twon’t copy and paste to another hard drive.

The contents of the drive I want to copy are the following folders: inspiration (62.4gb), old stuff (7.9gb), music (17.5gb), my_computer (1.78gb), school backup (638mb), working_files (19.7gb)

  • inspiration (62.4GB)
  • old stuff (7.9GB)
  • music (17.5GB)
  • my_computer (1.78GB)
  • school backup (638MB)
  • working_files (19.7GB)

I was able to transfer some with file copy: the school“school backup, my_computer” “my_computer,” and music“music.”

At first I thought the reason some weren'tweren’t copying over was because of the file size but the music folder with 17.5gb5GB transferred ok. Meanwhile the old stuff folder won't copy. 

I also tried copying subfolders from the old stuff folder and none of those will copy either. I checked the permissions on the blocked folder and all of the permissions are allowed.

What would cause some folders to copy and paste to another location and stop others?

Some files won't transfer to portable hard drive?

When backing up an external hard drive on windows 10 some files won't copy and paste to another hard drive.

The contents of the drive I want to copy are the following folders: inspiration (62.4gb), old stuff (7.9gb), music (17.5gb), my_computer (1.78gb), school backup (638mb), working_files (19.7gb)

I was able to transfer some with file copy: the school backup, my_computer, and music. At first I thought the reason some weren't copying over was because of the file size but the music folder with 17.5gb transferred ok. Meanwhile the old stuff folder won't copy. I also tried copying subfolders from the old stuff folder and none of those will copy either. I checked the permissions on the blocked folder and all of the permissions are allowed.

What would cause some folders to copy and paste to another location and stop others?

Some files won't transfer to an external hard drive?

When backing up an external hard drive on Windows 10 some files won’t copy and paste to another hard drive.

The contents of the drive I want to copy are the following folders:

  • inspiration (62.4GB)
  • old stuff (7.9GB)
  • music (17.5GB)
  • my_computer (1.78GB)
  • school backup (638MB)
  • working_files (19.7GB)

I was able to transfer some with file copy: the “school backup,” “my_computer,” and “music.”

At first I thought the reason some weren’t copying over was because of the file size but the music folder with 17.5GB transferred ok. Meanwhile the old stuff folder won't copy. 

I also tried copying subfolders from the old stuff folder and none of those will copy either. I checked the permissions on the blocked folder and all of the permissions are allowed.

What would cause some folders to copy and paste to another location and stop others?

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Some files won't transfer to portable hard drive?

When backing up an external hard drive on windows 10 some files won't copy and paste to another hard drive.

The contents of the drive I want to copy are the following folders: inspiration (62.4gb), old stuff (7.9gb), music (17.5gb), my_computer (1.78gb), school backup (638mb), working_files (19.7gb)

I was able to transfer some with file copy: the school backup, my_computer, and music. At first I thought the reason some weren't copying over was because of the file size but the music folder with 17.5gb transferred ok. Meanwhile the old stuff folder won't copy. I also tried copying subfolders from the old stuff folder and none of those will copy either. I checked the permissions on the blocked folder and all of the permissions are allowed.

What would cause some folders to copy and paste to another location and stop others?