Best way and program to move files from an internal HD to USB Stick

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TheMate

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I'm doing some data recovery. I have a IDE USB cable I'm using to connect an old internal PATA HD to a computer so I can move all of it's files and applications to a 128GB USB Stick (The HD is a small 80GB drive so I have more than enough space). I don't need to boot from the USB just want files, applications, and documents. Any suggestions or help with this to a newbie? I've also read about imaging a cloning, which is for me in this case and what OS X application should I use?

PS I'm asking because I just tried good old drag and drop and I got a error 60gb in that damaged the USB and stopped the copy 20 gigs before it was done.
 
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If you get errors using windows explorer or a drag and drop process, then there is almost certainly issues with the source or target drive. It's unrelated to HOW you transfer and entirely related to the drives themselves. I'd run Seatools for Windows on the hard drive, run the short DST (Drive self test) and long generic. If it passes testing then the problem is likely with your flash drive.

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/
 
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I am trying to do the transfer on a Mac so OS X solutions would be better (It's a internal for a old MAC) but I do have a Windows PC I can use to run the tests. Thanks for advice

 
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So I'm not that familiar with Mac testing utilities, but if you disconnect and connect the drive to a PC, and run those tests, the results should still be relevant. Even with the Mac OS, failures to transfer data are almost certainly with the media unless there is a corruption of the operating system, then there could be something there but it's more likely to be the drive than a failure of the transfer software.
 
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I don't trust those USB-IDE cables, so you better be careful if those data are important to you. I definitely want a copy with VERIFY, in Windows I use TeraCopy (free) for the purpose.

Ongoing forward, I would not attempt to copy all at once, but chop it in smaller chunk, lets say 20-20-20-20. I don't know why I want to do this, it's a gut procedure.
 
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Right, once again I tried to copy all at once and halfway through I got another "couldn't copy" this time because something in a file wasn't read and write. I may continue by doing a drag and drop at a time. As far as the cable, I have a proper dual HD dock but it only reads SATA. It's surprisingly difficult to find a IDA dock which I would have preferred.

 
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