Duplicating data on external HDDs

So, the other day it felt it was the time to upgrade to 2TB SeaGate FreeAgent Drive. The following command was used to issue the copy command.

start cmd /K xcopy f: e: /J /-Y /E /C

When a file already exists one has to press N to skip it. One can also pause the operation at the beginning of the next file with the Break key and resume with Enter.

Sidenote: It makes some odd clicking sound. Will see if it causes any trouble in the future.

Update: To remove original files the following command could be used:

rmdir /S /Q “\\?\W:\xxx”

 

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