Vista file copy weirdness!

osgood

SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
Resource Provider
Founding Member
Joined
Nov 5, 1997
Posts
3,722
Loc
No fixed address, Australia.
Business
Full time grey nomad traveling Oz!
I have a laptop with Vista Business installed and I am happy with Vista most of the time!

I have had a problem from time to time with copying files to and from flash drives and external hard drives and thought it was my absentmindedness that was at fault.

Did an experiment last night that proved it wasn't me! Copied eight files (photos) from external hard drive into a folder on 'C' drive on the laptop. Only six are in the folder. The other two didn't copy even though the copy window went through the normal motions.

Has anyone else had this problem?
Does anyone know about this problem and if it can be fixed?

Currently I cannot install Vista updates because it send the laptop into an endless shutting down loop! I will format and reinstall Vista when I get time!
 
EEK!... I just got a new computer last Fri. Vista(home version though)...Hopefully I won`t encounter this problem.I`m hoping that it is new enough to have all the updates it needs for a while.It downloaded its own on the first of the month...so far so good.Pretty "idiot proof system" thus far ...L.
 
Back
Top