I'm REALLY having trouble copying files to my USB drive

[TKTheKid]

Hi all,

I bought a 250 GB USB drive to copy/back up data to. I can't seem to get it to work though. I thought it would be extremely simple. I try running the commands below:

xcopy C:\Users\Tony\Desktop\John I:\John\ /i /e /y /d /c
xcopy C:\Users\Tony\Desktop\TonysFolder I:\TonysFolder\ /i /e /y /d /c
xcopy C:\Users\Tony\Downloads I:\Downloads\ /i /e /y /d /c

It LOOKS like the copying is working, but then after a while I start getting a bunch of errors. One error is that it says that some files are corrupt or missing, but they aren't because I can locate them and open them.

Another error is the dreaded "Error 0x8007045D: the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."

And lastly, even files that I don't get errors for don't appear on my USB drive. I'll go to the folder and it'll just be 0 bytes in size!

Can someone please help? What am I overlooking? I even tried the Windows back up function and SyncToy.

Thank you!

Tony

 

[elmo2006]

Hi...

Is this drive connected to USB2.0 or USB3.0?

 

[TKTheKid]

I believe 2.0. Is there a way I can confirm this?

 

[elmo2006]

I believe 2.0. Is there a way I can confirm this?

Usually USB3.0 I/O ports are blue whereas USB2.0 are black.

 

[TKTheKid]

Okay, it's definitely 2.0 then.

 

[elmo2006]

Okay, it's definitely 2.0 then.

Try to reproduce the issue on another desktop/laptop.

I/O errors are usually indicative of a hardware failure - be it, the USB2 port or the cable or the USB interface within the HDD enclosure or the HDD itself.

 

[WacoJohn]

This may not help, but it can't hurt.

In windows explorer, right click on the SOURCE drive, left click PROPERTIES, left click TOOLS, left click CHECK NOW. Be sure AUTOMATICALLY FIX is checked. Left click START. Follow the instructions/suggestions if told you must reboot. Reboot computer.

Do the SAME THING for your external drive ... the one you are having problems with.

This checks both the source drive and the target drive for a damaged file system ... and (usually) repairs it.