Anyone know how I can compare directories / files?

[joshwa]

I've just copied about 260folders to another drive, and need to be able to check which files are missing. When I go to properties there are about 20 files that haven't been copied over - is there a tool out there that will compare the 2 drives and tell me what's missing?

Thanks

Josh

[daniel_owen_uk]

command prompt,

navitate to director ie c:\dansfolder

dir>dansfile.txt

repeat for other folder/s

open text files in excel use vlookup to compare

simple

[joshwa]

but would i need to do that for every folder? or would it go into all the folders and do it for me?

[Moby-Dick]

there is a really good util for this - lemme find it

[daniel_owen_uk]

dir/s>dans.txt would give you a detailed summary, however dont go into individual folders just the root ie

c:\dans

dir/s>dans.txt

would give details of all the files in c:\dans\folders\

if you know what I mean, then open the two txt files in excel and compare.

[Vimeous]

2xExplorer is pretty usefull for this task. I'll see if I can find a link....

[TiG]

Guys,

Have you never heard of Win Diff?????.
If you haven't you've not lived.... heh.... its most useful for doing things like source code checking. There are several version out, including a MS version see link below...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...smpwindiff.asp

http://www.shiojiri.ne.jp/~tukahara/windiffp/
But i don't like MS's version so i use Win Diff Plus see link above.

Will make you life so much easier ...

TiG

[eldren]

Directory Compare: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/jma/win95.html
For a direct link to the 32-bit version: http://tp.lc.ehu.es/anonym/win95/drcmp253.exe

Chances are, you aren't really missing any files. It has something to do with the way Explorer counts files, a bug in there somewhere. I also had this problem in the past, nearly went insane trying to find the "missing" files.