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Most efficient way to move files between shares
I have a large quantity of media on my ReadyNAS NV+ which I want to move from share A to share B. Using my PC to do this is very tedious (it's estimating nearly 20hrs to move about 200gb) - am I ri...
Depending on how you move files, they may have to traverse the network, resulting in the file having to go from the NAS to your PC and back to the NAS.
If your NAS is configured in "user mode" (not "share mode") you can map a drive to the C share and then drag & drop files/folders via the drive letter. The 'c' share is an administrative share (automatically built-in) and only accessible by the admin account. You can map a drive to it by opening a command prompt in Windows and entering the following command:
Open 2 separate mapped drive windows and then drag & drop files between the 2 locations:
You can also 'mv' the files via the SSH add-on, but the above way is easier for non-linux users.
-Dave
If your NAS is configured in "user mode" (not "share mode") you can map a drive to the C share and then drag & drop files/folders via the drive letter. The 'c' share is an administrative share (automatically built-in) and only accessible by the admin account. You can map a drive to it by opening a command prompt in Windows and entering the following command:
net use r: \\ip.address.of.nas\c /user:admin
Enter the password for 'admin' to connect to 'ip.address.of.nas':
The command completed successfully.
Open 2 separate mapped drive windows and then drag & drop files between the 2 locations:
You can also 'mv' the files via the SSH add-on, but the above way is easier for non-linux users.
-Dave
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