I'm trying to backup one external drive to another. I remember this used to be easier, but it keeps fucking up.

I normally use TeraCopy to copy files, but it seems to fuck up with an error like "Write error: the device is not ready". But the device is soooo ready, I can access it via windows explorer and everything, and there is no 'retry' option or anything like that, I don't know why that happens.

I tried ultracopier but that seems to just drop to 0b/s and doesn't respond to me hitting 'pause' or anything... really weird.

I also tried 'winmerge' which is great for telling me which files haven't been copied - but it uses the default windows copying mechanism, which also fucks up.

I think it's got something to do with USB pooping itself for a split second and everything falls to shit. I'll try a different USB hole.

Any tips?

Any tips?

Don't use your case's USB ports - the connectors and cables are usually shit.

Plug your devices directly into the motherboard at the back.

Yeh no troubles with both plugged into usb 2

Strange.

Don't use your case's USB ports - the connectors and cables are usually shit.

Plug your devices directly into the motherboard at the back.

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