3 File Copy Programs Better Than TeraCopy - Instant Fundas
SuperCopier
SuperCopier integrates with Windows shell and replaces Windows explorer file copy. It automatically launches when you try to copy and paste files using the Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V shortcuts or the Windows context menu. A program icon on the system tray also lets you start a file copy/move operation, cancel an operation or temporarily deactivate the program so that the default Windows file copier can take over.
SuperCopier features:
Pause and resume file copy/move operation
Configure default destination for file copy/move operations
Limit speed of the operation
Set default action to take when file collision occurs, i.e. when SuperCopier finds files with the same name
Set rules for file renaming (when collision occurs)
Copy or do not copy file attributes and file security settings
Set buffer size
Edit file queue
Save file queue for later
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FastCopy
FastCopy employs two different file transfer methods based on whether the source and destination directories are in the same or different hard disk. If both are on different disk drives, reading and writing are processed respectively in parallel by separate threads. If both source and destination are on the same disk drive reading is processed until the buffer is filled, and then writing is started and processed in bulk.
Because Reading/Writing are processed with no operating system cache, other applications tends to remain unaffected. According to the developers, FastCopy can achieve Reading/Writing performance that is close to device limit. Although my test doesn’t say so, it is invariably faster than Windows default.
To copy or move files using FastCopy you have to open the program and select the source and destination folders. But a better way is to simply drag and drop files and folders into the source field.
FastCopy features
Set buffer size
Ability to ignore file errors when copying
Speed control by percentage
Secure wipe and delete
Copy Access Control List (ACL) and Alternate Stream for NTFS partitions
Basic filtering options that enables you to include or exclude files by Date or Size and matching string in file name.
Drawbacks:
No file queue management
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Ultracopier
UltraCopier is a cross-platform file copy program that is available for Windows, Linux and OS X. By looks and functionality it is similar to SuperCopier. To transfer files, start a new file transfer operation and then drag and drop files into the file queue.
Ultracopier features
Pause and resume the copy
Show speed and apply speed limitation
Copy list can be edited during the copy
File Collision management (overwrite, skip, cancel or rename)
Error management (retry where it block, skip, cancel put at the end of the list)
Resume the copy where it have stop if error occurred
Set file copy block size
For small file copy jobs you will probably not going to get a lot out of these programs. However, if you copy enormous number of files amounting to several hundred megabytes and gigabytes in size that tend to degrade computer performance by locking up the hard disk, the above programs offer the solution.
