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· asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 6 years ago

Is there a Windows setting to skip files fast it can't copy (bad blocks) and automatically goes to the next one?

I'm trying to copy files from a damaged drive. (The drive has many bad blocks.)

When Windows can't read a file, you have to wait a long time before it ask to skip/cancel.

Probably because Windows tries many times to read the damaged block. Is there a registry (or other) setting - or maybe a program - which would tell Windows to try only 1 time to read the block or file, and (automatically) skip to the next file fast? If a program, then maybe log the files which it couldn't copy, so I could try them later.

Or is such behaviour (retry many times to read a damaged block) resident in the firmware of the drive?

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  • 6 years ago

    run chkdsk at startup to clear corrupt files and bad blocks

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