Windows 11 robocopy message after PS command completation?

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Windows 11&nbsp;HiI was using robocopy to copy the contents of a USB WD My Pasport magnetic spinning drive on to a new external Sandisk Extreme SSD.The Powershell command string that I used (Powershell was opened as administrator) was:robocopy "H:\" "G:\" /e /w:5 /r:2 /COPY:DATSOU /DCOPY:DAT /MT:12The transfer, around 620 GB, &nbsp;took around 2 hours and once completed powershell gave the below message and I wonder if this is something that I should be concerned about?My aim was to simply copy the files that I had saved from one external drive to another.The WD My Pasport (USB 2) and the SanDisk Extreme (USB 3) were plugged in to the correct ports on my laptop.I am not able to work out what this message means and if the files copied across are okay as there are far too many for me to check manually?Many thanks&nbsp;100% &nbsp;Waiting 5 seconds...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New File &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;76 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuid2025/07/08 19:30:44 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuidThe system cannot find the file specified.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New File &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.0 m &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdb2025/07/08 19:30:44 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdbThe system cannot find the file specified.Waiting 5 seconds...&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New File &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;76 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuid2025/07/08 19:30:49 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\IndexerVolumeGuidThe system cannot find the file specified.ERROR: RETRY LIMIT EXCEEDED.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; New File &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.0 m &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdb2025/07/08 19:30:49 ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Copying NTFS Security to Destination File H:\System Volume Information\smartdb_Volume{c2c5c291-1f01-44ab-8d0b-f5195fb159e8}.sdbThe system cannot find the file specified.ERROR: RETRY LIMIT EXCEEDED.------------------------------------------------------------------------------&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Total &nbsp; &nbsp;Copied &nbsp; Skipped &nbsp;Mismatch &nbsp; &nbsp;FAILED &nbsp; &nbsp;Extras&nbsp; &nbsp; Dirs : &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 361 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 361 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6&nbsp; &nbsp;Files : &nbsp; &nbsp; 10664 &nbsp; &nbsp; 10662 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6&nbsp; &nbsp;Bytes : 620.695 g 620.694 g &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp;1.00 m &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 538&nbsp; &nbsp;Times : &nbsp;48:08:37 &nbsp; 3:26:26 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0:00:00 &nbsp; 0:17:20&nbsp; &nbsp;Speed : &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 53,807,591 Bytes/sec.&nbsp; &nbsp;Speed : &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3,078.895 MegaBytes/min.&nbsp; &nbsp;Ended : Tuesday 8 July 2025 19:30:49PS C:\Windows\system32&gt;

avrilol · Accepted Answer

The errors about "IndexerVolumeGuid" and ".sdb" files are related to system or volume information files that aren't meant to be copied or aren't accessible.

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