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General Software Discussion / Fastest way to get files off a damaged RAID Mirror drive onto a new drive
« on: August 11, 2014, 12:57 AM »
The raid Mirror failed on one drive. The otther seems to be in decent shape but that makes it the only viable copy of over 10 years worth of files saved into one place so I am being careful.
My plan was to first try an actual copy onto a single new drive to make sure they were all readably. That was first catch, Permissions. I found a way to use a single right click via a reg edit that now does most of the grunt work that but t is still terribly slow and besides it is making my workbench system the owner. So i probably will have to do again.
I was wondering if there is a way to change the permissions tro "everyone" in general such thatthe copy would work with no edits for permissions once i get the RAID Rebuilt?
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I could just clone it (and may yet for safety) but in the end I need to confirm the files can be opened and read. At least sampling a few.
The fastest copy / backup utility I have found was Good-Sync although I had a few comments on Tera-copy, Karen's replicator. and one i had never heard of called Rich Copy 4 but it seemed a little dated.
Once this is all ready to roll, it is the better part of a 2TB drive that has to be copied to another 2TB drive. Once i have THAT for a backup, then i will load it onto a 2TB RAID Mirror as it was for years.
Thanks for any names or suggested software. I think I am stuck on the permissions as i have seen nothing but people complaining about the the same issue.
Just wondered if anyone had any Preferences for speed and reliability when used in house, no Internet, this is just one system with a ton or ram and a Fast processor and i just need to Copy the files to make sure they can be copied. In case they are corrupted for any reason. I have not had time to investigate the Raid crash but the other drive half is pretty dead. Click of Death
My plan was to first try an actual copy onto a single new drive to make sure they were all readably. That was first catch, Permissions. I found a way to use a single right click via a reg edit that now does most of the grunt work that but t is still terribly slow and besides it is making my workbench system the owner. So i probably will have to do again.
I was wondering if there is a way to change the permissions tro "everyone" in general such thatthe copy would work with no edits for permissions once i get the RAID Rebuilt?
.
I could just clone it (and may yet for safety) but in the end I need to confirm the files can be opened and read. At least sampling a few.
The fastest copy / backup utility I have found was Good-Sync although I had a few comments on Tera-copy, Karen's replicator. and one i had never heard of called Rich Copy 4 but it seemed a little dated.
Once this is all ready to roll, it is the better part of a 2TB drive that has to be copied to another 2TB drive. Once i have THAT for a backup, then i will load it onto a 2TB RAID Mirror as it was for years.
Thanks for any names or suggested software. I think I am stuck on the permissions as i have seen nothing but people complaining about the the same issue.
Just wondered if anyone had any Preferences for speed and reliability when used in house, no Internet, this is just one system with a ton or ram and a Fast processor and i just need to Copy the files to make sure they can be copied. In case they are corrupted for any reason. I have not had time to investigate the Raid crash but the other drive half is pretty dead. Click of Death