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"A device which does not exist was specified" but for folders?
I have an external drive that I use to backup my hard drive, about every month. I haven't had it too long and it doesn't get much use because that's all I use it for.
But for the last two months I have been unable to use it.
I plug it in, all seems fine, I start my robocopy process, but eventually everything it tries to copy fails with the statement "A device which does not exist was specified."
I got through a lot of files already, but then hit this wall. I stop the process and try again, and I just get hit by this error instantly.
I navigate through the drive manually, and I can see the files, except that some folders give me this same error when I try to open them. So it's not having a problem seeing the drive letter, but its a problem seeing specific folders?
I tried the error-checking tool in the properties dialog for the drive. It ran through and checked everything, and fixed errors, but then I still have this same problem after copying some files.
I tried searching for this error, but everything is directing me to check things like the drive is installed correctly, I don't see anything about getting this error on certain directories.
My best guess is that there is a hardware malfunction, but even that doesn't line up because that should have been found with the error checking, or cause problems far worse than this.
What is going on?
What should I be checking?