This process allows you to copy a folder structure and files from Windows to the vault.

This process can also be performed directly from Windows Explorer. The advantage of using DataRecovery is that, if an error occurs while copying files and/or folders, Windows stops the process, whereas DataRecovery processes the information, stores it to include it in the report, and then continues the process.


 


Selecting a Windows folder to copy:

This option allows you to copy the entire Windows folder structure (including subfolders) to the specified PDM folder.




Selecting a text file containing the list of files or folders to copy:


This option allows you to specify the files and folders to be copied in a text file

You can recreate the folder structure in the PDM folders by specifying the root folder

 

 

PDM Destination Folder:

This option allows you to copy the files or folders specified in the text file to the PDM destination folder

 

 


Specify the location of the PDM folder where the files and folders to be copied will be placed.

The "Replace existing files by creating a version" option allows you to extract the file and create a version of it if it already exists.

If the option is not checked, the file will not be replaced


 

Copy filters allow you to define rules for including or excluding files during the copy process

For each field, the separator is ; and the wildcard character * can be used at the beginning and/or end of fields. These two parameters can be combined.

For example: sld*;*xls;*prt*


  • Exclude extensions:

This option allows you to exclude extensions.

For example, to exclude all Word (.docx) or Excel ( xls and xlsx) files, you can enter:

docx;xls*


  • Only the following extensions:

This option allows you to include only the specified extensions.

For example, to include SOLIDWORKS Part (.sldprt), Assembly (.sldasm), or Drawing (.slddrw) files, you can use:

sld*


  • File names:

This option allows you to filter files by their names.

For example, to include files that contain the word "Export" (example filename: 125-Export-005.dxf) and files that end with 012 (example filename: 250-Manu-012.PDF), you can use:

*Export*;*012


  • Date Created and Date Modified:

This option allows you to filter only those files that were created or modified between two dates



At the end of the process, a report can be generated to review the successful operations, the failures (i.e., files that were not copied), and the files that were not copied because a file already existed in the vault's destination directory.


The location of this report is set in the general options.