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Deleting Copied files from source using DOS
I have a server with a RAID storage containing 1TB of Data. I need to run a process on that data but unable to do so due to its size. What I plan to do is copy half the files from RAID1 onto a second RAID (RAID2) then delete the copied files from its source on RAID1 so I can create space without losing files.
Is there a way how to create a batch file which copies 500Gig of files then deletes the files it has copied from source RAID1 automatically. The easy way would be to use windows explorer but the program locks up due to the size of the directory.
Any ideas?
Can anyone help!! There’s Beers in it if you live near!
Lucas
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actually by this site
http://www.computerhope.com/rmdirhlp.htm
you can do on xp/2000
rmdir /S /Q "c:\sourceDir\"
and it will remove all files and things. instead of the deltree
http://www.computerhope.com/rmdirhlp.htm
you can do on xp/2000
rmdir /S /Q "c:\sourceDir\"
and it will remove all files and things. instead of the deltree
whats the smartdrv.exe do?? and is it and old windows os program??
smartdrv acts like a memory buffer for the data read from the hard disk
it is a program that can be run both in DOS and WINDOWS
u can find it in windows 98, in the windows directory
it is a program that can be run both in DOS and WINDOWS
u can find it in windows 98, in the windows directory
I would believe he got his answer and never came back.
use it same as coopzz said;
if u run it from DOS enviroment, then run smartdrv.exe before doing copy & delete;
it will improve the performance very much