Transfering or copying files on another drive

Kindly go through the following article- step by step instructions given:

How to use Robocopy to transfer files super-fast over the network on Windows 10

Try "Robocopy /MIR" if you want to mirror a directory tree. It automatically skips files that are identical. Note that it also removes the extra files from the destination folder. You can sync the "WindowsImageBackup" and "FileHistory" folders from another drive.

Or, try one of the specialized free file sync tools listed in this article.

• Also can i still use the drive normally even if it contains a windows image or any third-party backup software?

Yes. You can use the drive normally even if it contains "WindowsImageBackup" and "FileHistory" backup.

So I'll be trying Robocopy to copy both windowsimagebackup and file history after i had a problem with trying to image backup the drive that has the windowsimagebackup to my other drive multiple times it was awlays stuck somewhere in 50 Percent and didn't progress so i had to cancel it after waiting for a long time questions is what is the best way to use robocopy to copy my files

I will be using this commands ROBOCOPY D:\ O:\ /e /zb /copyall /r: 2 /x /v /ts /fp /eta /log+: D:\Logg.log /tee

I'm still not sure with this commands but is it ok for the files that i will be copying did i missed something out or did something wrong. I have
allot of questions cause there is not allot of information about RoboCopy my goal is to just have the exact copy of it in my other drive as if nothing happened.

Is /mir the same as /e? with the difference that /mir remove files on destination that isn't included in source. I still have no idea how file selection and some copy options works and but i figure that i won't be using file selection options cause the drive I'm about to copy into is empty and i don't plan to exclude stuffs but i wanna know something about /im /is /it causes i don't fully understand them information presented in Microsoft is not that clear to me and additional insight would be helpful.

Hello there,

It is not recommended to use a recovery drive to save other documents but you can use the drive.

The easiest way to copy a folder with all files and subfolders is to run this command: robocopy c:\temp\source c:\temp\destination /E /DCOPY:DAT /R:10 /W:3. The /E switch tells Robocopy to copy all subfolders, including empty ones. If you don't want to copy empty subfolders, use the /S switch.

Here is the list of all useful commands https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy

Robocopy will fail to copy files that are locked by other users or applications, so limiting the number of retries with /R:0 will speed up copying by skipping any in-use files. The Windows Volume Shadow Copy service is the only Windows subsystem that can copy open files. Robocopy does not use the Volume Shadow Copy service, but it can back up a volume shadow that has already been created with VSHADOW or DISKSHADOW.

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May i ask what's the difference between /dcopy /copy and /Copyall why can't i just use /Copyall? and can i use /dcopy and copy all