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Jessy Doyle
Jessy Doyle

Reputation: 358

Error trying to copy/paste large file through remote connection

I am trying to copy a large file (about 4gb) from my local PC and paste it on a cloud PC through a remote connection. I get an unpecified error whenever I try to copy paste it the normal way, and according to this the problem is because only files smaller than 2gb are supported.

I am trying to use the alternative method 2 in that link to get the file through, but I am getting an error in the console.

It says to use 

xcopy \\tsclient\c\myfiles\LargeFile d:\temp

So I put 

xcopy \\tsclient\C:\R2 2012 Microsoft Server ISO\ServerR2 2012 d:\temp

"C:\R2 2012 Microsoft Server ISO\ServerR2 2012" being the path of my file on my local machine.

But I get the error 

Invalid number of parameters

I am not sure what I am doing wrong here, does anyone have experience using this command for file copying?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3913

Answers (2)

Todor Mitev
Todor Mitev

Reputation: 61

I think sharing the drive from your PC to the PC you're connecting to is more suitable in the given context. Check this article: https://haacked.com/archive/2010/05/18/remote-desktop-file-copy.aspx/

Basically, do this:

  • When the Remote Desktop window appears, click on the Options button
  • Then choose the Local Resources tab
  • Click More
  • Choose the disk you want to share
  • Now, you are able to see your drive in the file explorer of the remote PC

Upvotes: 1

Jessy Doyle
Jessy Doyle

Reputation: 358

So I couldnt find a way to get the copy/paste to work with the large files, instead I used a BitTorrent Sync(similar to drop box) to upload the files to the server.

Upvotes: 0

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