What’s the easiest way to move everything from my old laptop to a new one?
I just bought a newer, more powerful laptop and want to transfer my files and folders from the old one without losing anything or damaging the original data.…
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Why can’t I copy a 4 GB movie to my USB drive despite having plenty of space?
I plugged in a USB drive that already contains five episodes and has worked normally with many devices. It still shows about 50 GB of free space, but…
Can I Transfer Everything From My HP Laptop to an Acer Chromebook?
I'm not very familiar with technology and recently bought an Acer Chromebook because it was more affordable than another Windows laptop. I'm trying to move my files and…
Is This Robocopy Command Safe for Moving 196 GB Between Drives?
I'm moving about 196 GB of files from E: to G:, which has roughly 339 GB free. Before running the transfer, I'd like feedback on this Robocopy command…
Can someone review this Robocopy command before I move 196 GB of files?
I'm planning to copy roughly 196 GB from E: to G: using Robocopy. The destination currently has about 339 GB free. I put together this command and would…
Why does SCP top out around 110 MB/s over a 10 GbE connection?
I'm copying a file larger than 10 GB from server A to server B with SCP. Both servers have 10 GbE network cards, and ethtool reports a 10,000…
Can I Recover Videos That Became Zero Bytes After Moving Them to an SD Card?
I tried moving photos and videos from my Android phone's internal storage to a 64GB SanDisk Extreme Pro microSD card using the built-in file manager. The first transfer…
Why is SMB transfer from my Windows PC limited to 3 MB/s?
I'm getting extremely slow SMB file transfers from my Windows PC to a hard drive connected to an OpenWrt router. In File Explorer, both reads and writes usually…
Would a Mac work as an offline backup for my Windows files?
I've used Windows computers for years and am comfortable handling files, but I have very little recent experience with macOS. I'm considering buying a Mac that would normally…
Why does copying many small files to my FAT32 USB drive fail around 2GB?
I'm trying to copy a 40GB folder containing mostly screenshots to a 128GB USB drive formatted as FAT32. The transfer consistently fails about halfway through, when one screenshot…
How can I access a Samsung Galaxy with a dead display to transfer files?
My Samsung Galaxy S22's display is completely unreadable, but the touchscreen still responds. I have a Dell laptop running Windows 11 and need to unlock the phone and…
What’s the safest way to recover 700 GB from a drive with 100 pending sectors?
My hard drive is reporting 100 pending sectors, and it contains about 700 GB of photos and videos. The files are stored in a few very large folders,…
How Can I Recover Files From an Extremely Slow, Failing 1TB External HDD?
My older 1TB Western Digital external hard drive powers on normally and is recognized by my computer. I can still see the folders and files, but opening even…
Why Won’t My microSD Card Accept Certain Music Files?
I'm building a music library on my Hiby R4 and recently added a 128GB Samsung microSD card. More than 300 songs copied successfully, but three specific tracks refuse…
How can I copy multiple date-named S3 directories to a local disk with AWS CLI?
I have several directories in an S3 bucket named by date, such as 2025-12-10/, 2025-12-11/, and so on. I want to automate copying selected directories to a local…
My 1TB WD External Drive Is Extremely Slow—What’s the Best Way to Recover the Files?
The drive's blue power light turns on, the computer recognizes it, and all of the folders and files appear normally. However, even small files take a very long…
iPhone Doesn’t Detect My SD Card Reader—How Can I Fix It?
I've been using this device for a long time and recently wanted to connect it to my iPhone to transfer files more quickly to an SD card. The…
How can I safely move my files from Windows to Linux?
I've wanted to switch to Linux for a while. I tried dual-booting earlier this year, but managing both systems is difficult because my laptop only has 232 GB…
Why Isn’t My iPhone Detecting This SD Card Reader?
I've been using this device for a long time and recently wanted to connect it to my iPhone to transfer files more quickly to an SD card. The…
AirDrop consistently fails when sending photos from my Mac to iPhone
My iPhone 14 Pro Max and 16-inch 2021 MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro cannot transfer images between each other using AirDrop. Both devices are fully updated. When…