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bobthebob1234

over usb?

Copying videos from nas that has decided to reset its settings but has nicely formatted the hard drive(s) with ext3 Very Happy

So I want to plug nas hdd into myth box via sata->usb adaptor I have.

So what would be the quickest way to copy over this data. Ideally I would be able to set it off in the background but check its progress every now and then

So rsync, cp or Ctrl-C Ctrl-V from desktop (Thunar file manager)
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ajgreeny · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject:

Can you just drag and drop in thunar? Actually, I think rsync may be easiest, and can be left to run in the background where you can check occasionally.
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bobthebob1234 · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:13 pm Post subject:

Well you can copy and paste in thunar cos I just did it for 160gb of stuff... Took its time though
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wyliecoyoteuk · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:56 pm Post subject:

Any way that you copy 160Gb over USB is going to take a while.
At least it will complete, which would be dubious on windows drag'n drop.
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nelz · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:38 am Post subject:

Stick with rsync, because you can restart the transfer if needed. The hardware will be the speed limit here, not the software you choose, but rsync is the most reliable of the alternatives, and gives the most faithful copies.
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Dutch_Master · LXF regular Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2353

+1 on rsync... Smile

bobthebob1234 · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:02 pm Post subject:

Well rsync is off and running. Only 40 hours to go...
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