Is the same operation on 3 HDDs at the same time possible?

[No-Frills]

Is the same operation on 3 HDDs at the same time possible?

I want to delete a lot of obsolete files and rename some. These files are stored and backuped on 3 HDDs.

Is there any way to apply the same operation to more than one HDD?

e.g: I want to rename all misspelled files Ladabugg to Ladybug at the same time on all dics.

[Dalai]

Renaming across several volumes is possible with TC's Multi-Rename Tool (MRT):

1. Open TC's search function (Alt+F7)
2. Enter the drives you want, by either typing them in "Search in", or just click on the "Drives" button and select them there
3. When the search is done, feed the search results to the listbox with the button in the lower right corner
4. Select all files with Num* or Num+ or the corresponding items in the Mark menu
5. Open the MRT by pressing Ctrl+M and put in
   "Search for"

   Code: Select all

   Ladabugg

   "Replace with"

   Code: Select all

   Ladybug

6. Check the preview in the "New name column" and if you like what you see, press the "Start!" button

To delete files across several volumes, take steps 1 through 4 and then use the F8 Delete button of the function keys bar, or press Del or F8 on your keyboard - holding Shift while doing any of them will bypass the recycle bin and delete the files permanently.

Deletion can also be done via TC's Synchronize directories feature and the context menu it provides, but it might not be suitable for what you want to achieve and I think the above should get you started for now.

Regards
Dalai

[Stefan2]

Is the same operation on 3 HDDs at the same time possible?

No, you have to do it one after the other.

Or do it without TC and write a script (Powershell) with a loop to perform the same action more than once.





 




 

[MVV]

Well, regular copy/move operations may be done in parallel in background, there will be no speed lost if they work with different HDDs, but some operations in TC are foreground only (like multi-renaming, deleting), and these operations may be done in parallel if you run multiple TC instances and start the same operation for different HDDs in these instances.

Or, if you just want to setup an operation once and perform it for all matched files on multiple HDDs sequentially, you can e.g. create mount points for volumes on different HDDs in the same folder (this base folder may be located in any place on an NTFS volume; they will look like subfolders) and then work on files in this base folder. Mount points may be created using mountvol command in cmd.exe shell started as Administrator. First run mountvol w/o parameters to see the list of volume names and then run mountvol once for every HDD that you want to add to that base folder, e.g. mountvol C:\Root\Hdd1 \\?\Volume{f8f66b49-a342-11eb-8679-806e6f6e6963}\ (here base folder will be C:\Root, you have to create it first; use volume GUIDs from first mountvol output). Also you can create mount points via Computer Management in Disk Management section.