Seeking an easy way formatting a new 4TB HD

spunk said:

The easiest way to do it, is through the GUI in Windows. Select all the files you want to transfer and drag them to the 4 TB drive. Or Copy and Paste.
Of course, if you like the Command Prompt, you can use Robocopy ROBOCOPY - Create Backup Script | Tutorials The instructions are for 7 but are exactly the same for 10

Hi spunk,

I only use "copy&paste" moving a few directories and files in both Win and Linux environments, not to dump a complete HD to another HD. There are hundreds of files and directories involved.

Anyway thanks again for your advice and time spent helping me.

Regards

Regards

I'm interested learning how to transfer all data files in Storage-HD#1 to the new 4TB HD, say Storage-HD#2, NTFS format, on Win10 running Command Prompt.

xcopy should do the trick. To copy the contents of d:\ to e:\

Code:

xcopy "d:\" "e:\" /cheriky

I have batch script that can be use for incremented backup.

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satimis said:

I suppose

"d:" = "d:\path\to\storage-drive"

"e:" = "e:\path\to\4TB-HD"

What is /cheriky ?

"xcopy /?" will show you usage including all the options.

steve108 said:

"xcopy /?" will show you usage including all the options.

Now I'm running Win10

I only found /compress there.

In Command Prompt, what are the equivalent commands for | (pipe) and grep (the Linux commands)?

Edit
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Following link provides me good examples:-

How to Copy Folders and Subfolders Using Xcopy Command


How to Copy Folders and Subfolders Using Xcopy Command

Hi all,

Problem encountered in formatting an old 2TB WD HDD running Diskpart

There is only 2 drives in this PC:

Drive-1 500G SSD running Windows 10

Drive-2 2TB WD HDD


On Command Prompt start Diskpart


Steps performed pls see Screenshot_format_2tbdisk_700 attached


After having running about 4 hours, it is still 63% completed. The red light of PC is still on. Then I have to reboot Windows 10.


After booting up the old 2TB WD HDD is found on "Disk Management"

Please see attached screenshot.


Please advise what mistake I have committed. Thanks

Regards

You did not quick format the 4 TB drive, that is why it takes that long.

FreeBooter said:

You did not quick format the 4 TB drive, that is why it takes that long.

That is an old 4TB HDD, not a new 4TH HDD. I didn't add "quick" to the command line