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I have used both Acronis and Windows backup to take a backup and restore it to another computer. Both fail. When I do a count of the size of the restored files and the amount of them they are both lower on the new restore.
I have also used Syncback to try and clone the directory structure but this also fails. I get errors like
Failed to copy source: Cannot move file (3): The system cannot
find the path specified
When I inspect the files they are all present. I think perhaps some of the issue is that my filenames are getting too long for the external drive?
\Music Production\Ableton\Library\Packs\Sample Packs\Loopmasters - Deep Tech Utility Loops [Nice Bass Loops]\Loopmasters - Deep Tech Utility Loops WAV LPS\DTU_BASS_LPS\DTU_125_B_Bassline_08.wav
Its really annoying because I want to do a format and restore EVERYTHING. I just dont know what else to try. Copy across a network directly to my other machine but that will take ages!
Give Microsoft's free SyncToy a try or even just the command-line
– martineau – 2012-04-02T18:21:49.167xcopy
utility.@martineau: 'synctoy' is 'robocopy in disguise', 'robocopy' is 'xcopy-ng' and both tools won't help if the filename is either too long or if the system does not allow the user to access / read the file. – akira – 2012-04-02T18:24:51.863
1I assume your trying to mount these backups? Because the restoration of a the image itself shouldn't care that the path is to long. – Ramhound – 2012-04-02T18:29:15.530
acronis does not actually image everything on the drive, there are some things that are unessential for a complete backup. so at the first sentace, it would be important to note if there was any critical file loss beyond size on disk. for sector for sector, and disk cloning, it might do everything, not quite sure. why image a paging file for example? or FS journal, or hibernation file. – Psycogeek – 2012-04-03T03:24:03.000