Hi all! I’ve been transferring a bunch of stuff from my portable harddrives to my synology. After transferring using Synology’s file transfer and connecting the harddrive directly, I’ve completed a handful. I started worrying about the file integrity of these transfers since synology really doesn’t tell you what files failed and etc. So I started using Teracopy to transfer all the files instead. Can I use Teracopy to verify files that are already transferred that didn’t use Teracopy?
Like plug harddrive into PC, and then “Source F:\” and “Target Nas location” and click verify. Does that work… sorry very new to data hoarding. Thanks in advanced

  • thelightingthief@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    copying, but that’s the thing. These files were already copied using windows file explorer. I was wondering if Teracopy can verify the file integrity between the original and the new location

    • Hoardy_Lizard@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I don’t think Teracopy can compare files.

      Beyond Compare does, it’s a wonderful tool for comparing files, directories, even whole drives, and is darn fast at it. It has a very good (graphical) interface too.

      You can use other programs (many are free) to generate hash values of files. Then you can compare the results side by side. This can be done manually or even semi-automatically, using a script.

      I sometimes use MultiPar (it’s free) to create some redundancy (protection) blocks, to repair files or folders that got broken/corrupted.