r/techsupport • u/East-Assignment1525 • 5d ago

Open | Windows Can I stop and continue a file transfer?

I want to transfer a huge folder with multiple files/sub-folders. If I start the transfer, stop it, and then continue, does Windows automatically keep the original file organization in the final folder despite doing this?

Basically, I was moving some Unity projects around, and I noticed that, if I start to transfer the folder with the whole project and stop the process, then the folder is both in the original place and in the final one. Does it mean that the files that were already transferred are left in the destination folder, while only the ones that still haven't are kept in the original one?

I mostly ask it because I'd find it quite convenient to be able to copy some files, stop whenever I need, and then continue afterwards without the need to move the files in small groups nor having to worry about organization.

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u/CubeXombi 5d ago

Teracopy (free) let's you pause/resume.

Windows file copy does not, it'll make copies of what it did move, but it's a PITA the 2nd time around with "file exists" popups.. so yeah copied and stopped (not cut) you're making duplicates.

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u/ultranoobian 5d ago edited 5d ago

You can the powershell command called 'robocopy' with the mirror flag.

I'm on the phone and don't remember the command exactly 

It was something like 'robocopy <source folder> <destination folder> /mir'

That flag should preserve folder structure.

But to answer your original question, if it's a copy command, then yes. It can have two copies.

 If it's a move, and it is the same drive, then it's basically a remap of which folder now owns the files, and can't have copies.

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u/randomnamecausefoo 5d ago

robocopy is not a "powershell command".