Copy - Skip All which cannot be open for reading - bug ?

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trevor12
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Copy - Skip All which cannot be open for reading - bug ?

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I copied data from hdd with bad sectors - I checked Skip All which cannot be open for reading - I thought that in this situation it will be "unattended copying" (because source disk is 2 TB and it lasts +/- 10 hours ..) - but after some hours of copying Total Commander generated window message dialog with 3 options "..file xy cannot be rading/opened" and I must of course manually click to confirm the only one reasonable option "Skip All" - it is annoying .. I want TC try to read/copy files and give up reading immediately after fail without another window message dialog where is necessary manually click ...
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

TC isn't meant to copy files from disks with bad sectors. You can use the (32-bit only) plugin Badcopy, though:
http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/badcopy_1_0_0_4.html
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ok, but in my point of view when I checked "Skip All which cannot be open for reading" so after that is nonsense ocassionaly after some hours of copying another window message from TC that file xy cannot be open for reading and I had to repeately manually click Skip All ...
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Sorry but disk read errors are considered as fatal errors, you cannot currently skip them.
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ghisler(Author) wrote:Sorry but disk read errors are considered as fatal errors, you cannot currently skip them.
You can!
But not in TC.
You should use another tool.
I will not be advertised - it's called the best program :) :D
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