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robocopy /b access denied

I'm going nuts over Robocopy. I want to create a 1:1 exact copy (including data, and permissions of each file & folder) of two local volumes. Actually, they are located on different physical HDD's. Say I have A:\ and B:\. I just want to copy all of the stuff from A:\ to B:\.

So, I tried this command:

robocopy A:\ B:\ /e /b /copyall /dcopy:T

But I keep getting access denied errors. Same results with /zb switch. I am using elevated/admin privileges in Win7 to run the Robocopy commands in command prompt.

I found a Microsoft hotfix, which fails to install on my machine, not sure if it would remedy my problem (KB979808).

I don't know if the problem is the commands, Robocopy itself, or the operating system.

Any ideas?

Solution

  • For whatever reason, right-clickind and running the command as Administrator doesn't work, but if you go into safe mode, the command works fine - you have admin rights.