Started getting error on copy/paste error is Error Code 0x80028ca0

diverjer · 10 Oct 2019

For years I have been copying from libraries the folders Documents, Pictures, Videos and Music. Just starting today when I paste and it is computing files and size of paste I get Mismatch Errors and error code 0x80028ca0. I have run sfc /scannow and all is fine also did chkdsk c: and all is fine. So knowing there libraries are different, I went to directly to the data c:\users\my user name and selected folders Documents, Pictures, Videos and Music, then a copy and paste- all is running fine. Copy and past is going as I type this. I just did the latest MS update about a week ago, actually I may have done several MS updates since I last did one of the copy/paste from libraries. However it has always worked with no problems until now, I assume one of the last few MS updates changed something. I am on WIndows 10 pro 64 bit, 1903 build 18362.388 using a Dell Optiplex 3040.

dalchina · 11 Oct 2019

Hi, no solution, but here you can see this is not exclusively related to recent updates.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...c7787a1?page=1

as the same symptom is reported here wrt build 1607. Also
https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebo...o/td-p/6419862

Are you trying to back up manually? If so, why not implement a good backup regime using e.g. a free backup program?
And the backstop should be routine use of disk imaging e.g. Macrium Reflect (free/paid) as so often recommended on tenforums.

Note that SFC /SCANNOW checks system files, not your personal files and folders of course.

diverjer · 11 Oct 2019

Actually I use Acronis 2016 on this computer and Macrium Reflect on another. I was doing these backups of libraries and some other directories for another family who doesn't use Acronis or Reflect. I knew SCF only checks system, I believe the inistall.wim which I can rebuild with DISM. I just did that scf and chkdisk because I really don't understand that error, it appears to be a disk error of some kind. Then again, I believe those libraries are just pointers to the actually folder under user/username........, so I went to the actual location and copy/paste worked. Still it worked fine using libraries a few months ago. Oh well, just one of those things I may never know why. Thanks for the reply.