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    Trying to move NOT delete "Could not find this item"

    My pictures, videos, and music files are apparently too large to keep on my C drive. I attempted to move my videos...it moved 4 then gave me the error, "Could not find this item" I'm not sure if it's talking about the videos or my external harddrive which are both still there and I can still access them.
    I've search the error and all I have been able to find is how to Delete a file with that error. I don't want to delete them I simply want to move them from one hard disk to another.
    Could not Find.png
    How do I move these?
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    Shutdown wait a minute and then boot up. Make sure you are dealing with the file and not a junction point.
    Make darn sure both drives are NTFS if any video or anything is over 4 GB in size

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    I always COPY and Paste important files and then when successful, I delete the original.

    If you CUT and Paste you risk losing the original.
    If you're happy and you know it......it's your meds.

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    My largest of my videos are about 50mb. But I have a lot of them. After rebooting, I can only copy about 4-6 of them before I get the same error again. And once I get the error, my computer will not restart without a hard boot. It will stay in the "Windows is Shutting" screen indefinitely. I can log off fine, it it just wont shut down.
    Any thoughts on that? Maybe both are symptoms of a bigger issue!?!?
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    Inland Performance M.2 2280 1TB SSD
    Samsung SSD 870 EVO 4TB
    16GB DDR4 x 4
    Pioneer Blu-ray burner
    Windows 10 Pro

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    From the message you posted, it looks like you are copying to an external 8 TB hard drive set up as one partition.

    Please verify if this is correct. If it is, and you are using Windows 7, then that may be part of the issue.

    Have you tried using different file copying methods? Below are some links to other methods that may not encounter the same issue.

    http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-ways-...er-in-windows/

    https://www.online-tech-tips.com/sof...ng-many-files/

    https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....0.x13D6UGeD8c

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    Yes you are correct
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    Post the make and model of the external drive (Seagate Model ???).

    How do you have the drive connected (USB2, USB3.x, Ethernet, etc.)?

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    IT's a Seagate backup plus hub 8TB connected with USB3
    ASUS Prime Z690-P D4 Motherboard
    intel i5 12th gen processor
    bequiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler
    Inland Performance M.2 2280 1TB SSD
    Samsung SSD 870 EVO 4TB
    16GB DDR4 x 4
    Pioneer Blu-ray burner
    Windows 10 Pro

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    So, I finally figured out the problem. I had a 10' USB 3 cable connected to my external hard drive. Just for the fun of it, I thought to try it with an old 3' USB 3 cable, and it works fine. I just moved 18GB to my external hard drive with one click.
    Apparently it was just bad cable! Although, I don't know if the distance (10' vs the 3') was the real issue.
    Thanks for the help and patience
    ASUS Prime Z690-P D4 Motherboard
    intel i5 12th gen processor
    bequiet! Pure Rock 2 CPU Cooler
    Inland Performance M.2 2280 1TB SSD
    Samsung SSD 870 EVO 4TB
    16GB DDR4 x 4
    Pioneer Blu-ray burner
    Windows 10 Pro

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    How are you powering the external drive? Is it powered via the USB cable form the computer? If yes, then a 10 foot USB cable can cause enough power loss to affect things. Also, when you purchase any cables, USB or otherwise, make sure that you get good quality ones. They don't cost that much more, and can prevent issues like this one.

    For an external hard drive, if there is an option to power it from an AC adapter, that would be the preferred method. Even better would be an AC adapter plugged into a UPS. Some drives also have an option for 2 USB cables, one for power and one for data transfer.

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    So, I finally figured out the problem. I had a 10' USB 3 cable connected to my external hard drive. Just for the fun of it, I thought to try it with an old 3' USB 3 cable, and it works fine.
    That's an important fact to leave out. We would assume you are using the cable included with the drive.

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    It is powered from an AC adapter. I apologize for not mentioning the other cable. I've been using it so long I simply forgot that it wasn't the original cable that came with it.
    I thought this 10' cable was good quality when I bought it; but honestly I have no idea how to tell a quality cable from junk. So, if you have some pointers on that, I'd be happy to hear them too.

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