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I'm trying to pull a lot of files off of a lot of old CDs, and I'm getting all kinds of errors and hangs. The CDs are old and covered with scratches, so it's to be expected, but I have still been able to recover some of the files.

I was wondering if there is a way to skip the problem files but generate a list of skipped files so I can see what got missed.

I'm using Windows 7, but I am also comfortable in Linux if there are more options in that environment. I am also using a Samsung external CD reader with a USB interface.

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TenderShortGoldenRetriever
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  • https://superuser.com/questions/417391/how-to-copy-files-with-an-option-for-skipping-stuck-files – Tesseract Oct 07 '17 at 00:25
  • Why not fix the discs first with something like SkipDoctor? – Keltari Oct 07 '17 at 01:03
  • I think the question you linked is similar enough that it answers my question. The main thing I was looking for that I couldn't find anywhere else was `robocopy /V` which outputs a log file showing all the files skipped during a copy. Thanks for the help! – TenderShortGoldenRetriever Oct 07 '17 at 14:35

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Use xcopy through a Command Prompt o:

xcopy $SOURCE $DESTINATION /C /E /Q

The /C flag forces xcopy to ignore any issues with copying; the /E flag orders xcopy to copy folders (even empty ones), and the /Q flag makes it a quiet operation (otherwise, you'll get an entry for each thing copied).

An example would be

xcopy d:\*.* c:\recovery /C /E /Q
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