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Is there a free hard drive benchmarking program that you would recommend?

I wonder why it was only specific files that seemed to cause the problem? I tried to copy only the folder that contained the "rogue" file but the same problem occurred when it reached that file. But then I deleted that .tiff and was then able to transfer all 40,000 images in one go with no...

I'm away from my computer at the moment. I don't know if this helps - when using the PCI-e card socket to look at the problem file via "This PC" it just showed a generic "image" (paint brush) icon and would not open the image in Windows Photo Viewer whereas when using the MoBo socket the image's...

Not exactly. I was copying a folder comtaining nearly 40,000 images. When it got to one specific image the process halted with the error message described, the J: disk (the external one) having disappeared from "This PC". And it was consistently the same image, a TIFF. However, I deleted that...

I have the external drive formatted in exFAT (at one time I may have needed to access it on a Mac, but not any more). I don't suppose that could be relevant?

Done, with the external disk plugged in to the MoBo 10Gb/s USB-C socket. No problems found.

Ooh - good thought. It's weird how it objects to the same file each time, even though that file is OK on the MoBo connection and then if I delete that file it moves on to objecting to another one.

Doh! Nope - the file transfer failed again, in the same way. Ah well. So you think it may be a faulty card? I should seek to return it.

Ah. Sorry. The second one has the correct model number.

Ha! Well what do you know? That may have done the trick! I updated using the link you posted. And I have been able to view the "rogue" file in question in Explorer through the 20Gbit/s card. I have now drag/dropped all the files from the external SSD to an internal one and await progress with...

What you say about speeds makes sense. But PC Pro magazine reviewed this model https://www.westerndigital.com/en-gb/products/portable-drives/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-3-1-ssd#SDSSDE80-1T00-G25 (link copied from magazine) and said: "The SanDisk Extreme Pro is one of the first external drives that...

I may have linked to the wrong one - this is the correct model https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1595435-REG/sandisk_sdssde81_2t00_g25_2tb_extremepro_portable_ssd.html

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Hi, A few weeks ago I bought a PC from PC specialist - see below, although this doesn't show that I added a second M2 drive and two SSDs and a HDD to the order too. I fitted the following card myself...

Your guide to backups talks about using, amongst other things, external HDDs. Are these connected by USB or some other method? When you say "don't ever use USB drives" for back up are you just referring to USB pen drives or do you include USB connected external HDDs too?