Free Fast File Copy software for Windows 10

Copying files from one location to another has always been time consuming. Specially, when you have got lot of data to deal with , then task become extremely boring and time taking. How about using an application that can transfer data super quick saving much of your time. Fast File Copy, as the name suggests, is a free fast copying software for Windows 10/8/7, which helps you to transfer your files from one folder to another. This freeware can help you save lot of your time and effort which you can utilize in doing some other productive task.

Another feature of this software is that even if you are a beginner, you need not to worry on how to use it because the user interface of the application is so simple that you just don’t require any additional help to operate it.

Free Fast File Copy software

Some of the outstanding features of the Fast File Copy are as follows:

• Transfer your files with high speed
• You can pause, resume or cancel the transferring process
• Simple to use and understand
• No high system requirement
• You can launch Windows Explorer to view your folder directly from the application

How to transfer your files with Fast File Copy

Refer to the image above and you can see the main User Interface of the application. The UI is divided into two panes or windows.

1. Select the source folder from the left pane and at the same time select the folder on the right pane where you want to copy the folder. Refer above image.

2. Then press on ‘Copy from source to destination folder’ button to transfer your files.

3. As soon as you click the button, the transferring of the files gets start. You can pause, resume or cancel the transferring process as well. The transfer process is completed.

When starting with the application it may take some time to load. However, once it is loaded all the operations are easy and fast to do.

Fast File Copy is a small lightweight application. If you require software just to transfer files then Fast File Copy is very helpful for you – but you can’t compare it with other heavy software which has advanced features like drag and drop, file filters, etc. Since Fast File Copy is freeware, you can easily download it. The total size of the software is 4.3 MB so it hardly takes any time to get download and installed on the system. Go get it from its download page.

You might want to check out TeraCopy too.

Date: August 18, 2016 Tags: Freeware

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10 best free fast File Copy software for Windows 10 PC

One of the most common of functions on Windows systems is cut, copy, and paste. The easiest way to do so is to drag the file across folders or use keyboard shortcuts to perform the functions – Cut-CTRL+X, Copy-CTRL+C, Paste-CTRL+V. Copying speed depends largely on the media the files are being transferred through. It is advisable to use USB 3.0 ports for copying since the copy-speed is basically the lowest of whatever is permitted by the cables, devices, media, and protocols.

Fast File Copy software for Windows

The usual file copying procedure in Windows has two issues – the copy-speed and the fact that halting the process in between makes it difficult to resume it from the same stage. While we can fix slow file copy speed in Windows using some tips, if you are looking for a free fast File Copy software for Windows PC, then this list will interest you.

1] TeraCopy

TeraCopy is a feature-rich copy-paste tool. The design is smart. It copies the files through the fastest channel and skips problematic files. At the end of the process, the software prompts whether the user wishes to copy the files skipped earlier or not. TeraCopy can be incorporated into Windows Explorer’s right-click menu as well. This awesome software allows pausing the copy process anywhere in between and resuming it at your will. The copy speed is much better than Windows, and it has a smart error recovery process.

2] Fast File Copy

The Fast File Copy software opens up a window which segregates into two sections, thus making it easier to select the source and destination folder for file transfer. Simply select the files on the left side and the destination folder on the right side and initiate the transfer. The best part about FastFileCopy is the speed. The transfer rate of the software is much better than the original transfer rate of Windows. Users can also open File Explorer from the software itself.

3] File Fisher

The File Fisher software is probably the most versatile of file copy software products. It is fully customizable and can be carried in a USB to be used instantly wherever needed. You can pause, resume, or cancel the copy process any second, and re-initiate the process from the exact point where you stopped it. The best part about File Fisher is that it preserves the file structure.

4] Ultracopier

Ultracopier is another file copy software worthy of this list. The free product has an amazing file copy speed. You could set the controls such that files with similar names could be downloaded with a set policy, be it renaming the duplicate file or defying the transfer. Ultracopier would present you with an error log after the copying is done.

5] Dabel File Mover

The easiest software in this list is Dabel File Mover. It has a pretty simple, yet powerful interface. Simply browse the file or folder from the source and select the destination. Start copying after that. The same could be done for multiple sources and destination folders. The best part is that Dabel File Mover doesn’t require any installation. You could start using it from the folder directly.

6] ExtremeCopy

While ExtremeCopy has two versions, free and paid, the free one is yet better than the original Windows file-copying facility. The free version offers the option to pause, skip, and verify the copying process. It is faster than the original file transfer process in Windows. You could download the freeware from here.

7] CopyHandler

The CopyHandler software has two options, one is using it in the standard window and the second is the detailed version which displays extensive transfer data. CopyHandler comes with pause and resumes options to control the copy-paste process. It is available on the developer’s website here.

8] NiceCopier

NiceCopier is a light software which calculates the best channel for file-copying in your Windows system and uses it for the transfer process. The freeware allows you to pause and resume the transfer process at your will. It could be an excellent substitute for Windows Explorer. If you like it, check more on its website here.

9] Microsoft Richcopy

While many software products are available online, anything that is approved by Microsoft and is available on its official website has a thing of its own. The RichCopy tool allows users to make multiple profiles for using it. It has a better copy speed than the original Windows function and supports command lines. You could pause or resume the process at any stage. The software is available on Microsoft Technet.

10] SuperCopier

The SuperCopier software is integrated with Windows Explorer and is much faster than the default Windows copying utility. It allows you to pause the copy process anywhere in between and resume it from the same stage. It can be downloaded from here.

Let us know if we could add anything to this list in the comments section below.

Copy files faster in Windows 7 with robocopy

Windows 7 comes with a new version of the robocopy command that is able to copy files much faster then the normal copy command or copy function of the file explorer by using several simultanious threads. So if you plan to copy a large number of files, e.g. to make a backup, use the robocopy command.

Example Copy files from C:\myFiles to F:\backup and use 10 simultanious threads. To execute robocopy, open the windows shell window or press the keys [Windows] + [R] to open the windows command line, then enter the command:

robocopy C:\myFiles F:\backup /MT:10

To get the full list of robocopy options, execute the command:

For Windows XP or Vista, you can get the robocopy command from the Microsoft Resource Kit Tools

32 thoughts on “Copy files faster in Windows 7 with robocopy”

I found a GUI for robocopy called RichCopy after reading this post:

Why use this antiquated technology?
And who cares about DOS console programs that require unnecessary typing and learning curves nowadays?
The best in the business is… RichCopy. And guess what, it’s 100% free for NTx [2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7] Windows users, and was developed by a MS employee in Japan. 😉
Advertised by MS themselves, nonetheless:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx
Get RichCopy:
http://blogs.technet.com/ken/
I’ve compared RichCopy to most other similar free(ware)/GPL//open source/shareware/crippleware/free to try tools [FastCopy, SuperCopier, WinMend File Copy, KillCopy, Copy-All-to-One, Copy Handler, TeraCopy, XXCopy, RoboCopy + Ycopy], and it is the best. Most others are either missing important features or having flaws/defects, especially if copying large size files and/or too many files.
Windows Explorer (installed on every 32-bit + 64-bit Windows PC since Win95), for example, is one of the buggiest.

HTH [hope this helps]

Two words – CORE EDITION

Might be antiquated, but helped me.

Except that Richcopy doesn’t work for complex folder selections. “87 – The parameter is incorrect.” This when copying from one NTFS partition to another NTFS partition on a different drive. No support, with bugs, and cryptic error messages.

2016Jun01: (from Joe Gervais; gervaisjoe using Google mail )

Would be nice if ROBOCOPY or RICHCOPY could do the following;
which Windows Explorer does:

My suggestion is:
Could an option be added to the ROBOCOPY command (or XCOPY or RICHCOPY)
that would allow it to perform it’s copy of a file similar to how
Windows Explorer performs when the file already exists?

That is–specifically,
to have the following options “when a file already exists”:
1) Option to over-write the pre-existing file.
2) Option to not over-write AND INSTEAD create a similar named file with
“COPY (n)” appended to the filename–the same way, Windows Explorer does.

With the above options on ROBOCOPY, a user would not be forced to use
Windows Explorer to maintain a sequence of pre-existing files that have
“COPY (n)” at the end of their filenames. So, ROBOCOPY would be a quicker
batch-type approach to extending any set of files for which you want
to maintain multiple copies of pre-existing files that have “COPY (n)”
at the end of their filenames–for ‘n’ equal 1, 2, 3, etc.
–the same type of filenames that Windows Explorer creates,
but without having to use Windows Explorer to create the extra filenames.

If you are doing admin tasks regularily, you might find out that the shell is sometimes a faster way to do things then using a gui tool. This was even recognized by Microsoft so they implemented a better shell in the latest windows releases which is much more advanced then the old dos box.

Just curious why multiple threads increases the file copying performance. When doing file copying then the HDD is usually the bottleneck not the CPU. Do you have a link with more details about this, maybe some tests ?

It works simply because the HDD is the slowest part. With only one thread, the program waits on the read off one drive then transitions to the other HDD and writes the info and waits again – having to stop/block on each. It is not able to simultaneously read from one drive and write to the other because the reads and writes are ‘kernel blocking’ operation, blocking the thread the moment the read or write call is made. NOTE: Async IO was added to solve this – in part.

The two threads are organized with one being the reader off of one drive, the other being the writer on the other drive – so the threads may block on the specific drive, but they will not interfere with each other. A ‘sliding window’ memory segment is used to communicate between threads (if heavyweight) with semaphores to coordinate access to critical shared memory segments and prevent race conditions. See:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Producer+Consumer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1
https://www.google.com/search?q=Producer+Consumer+file+copy&btnG=Search&client=firefox-b-1
https://gist.github.com/deduzun/2244707

NOTE: I know it is an old posting, but question was not answered.

I did not found robocopy benchmarks, so I did my own tests. The results are here:

Ahh thanks for this. Very useful tip.

Sometimes the command line tool, in combination with a batch file makes the most sense…

I have a thumb drive i use to backup my most critical files… the ones I use at home on my Macbook and at work on my Windows XP machine… (yes, my company is a little slow in updating)…

I use a batch file with robocopy to sync with a subfolder at work, and then us rsync in a small shell file on the Mac to do the same thing…

that way, I can edit a file in either place, and just by clicking on the batch file in Windows Explorer, it syncs automagically…

I use copyrite xp.

It’s a GUI for configuring the job but when you run the job it shells Robocopy.
The command prompt window is hidden by default but you can show it if you want.

I really like how I can use the GUI to configure all the switches then save as a bat file to run completely GUI free.

Not free though but well worth the 20 bux I paid.

I found that robocopy was superior to RichCopy a year back. I had difficulty copying files that are in very deep folders and long file names. robocopy would do this for me.

richcopy is just a gui for robocopy

I have thired roby copy command line inn the past and would be very much interested in trying the new gui based versio.

this would be a much for usually friend vesion to the previous dos base vesion

I found the same issue that Gordon had. I went back to robocopy.

In Win 7 I´m trying to backup my personal files on C:\ to a USB-flash.

I want to copy files if they don´t exist on the backup USB-flash, update if they’ve been changed to a newer version on C:\.

ROBOCOPY “C:\Användare\Michael\Mina dokument” “H:\Mina dokument” /copyall /e /m /zb /mt:10

Doesn´t work att all.

I’m denied access, and ROBOCOPY suggests using /mir. It also warns that /mir sometimes delete files in source, as well as copy. In other words, don’t use /mir.

What is the correct command line, where am I going wrong?

I’ve used RoboCopy with powershell and the Long-Path Module (Experimental.IO) to catalogue massive data structures and fix LFP. Using .NET runspaces to multi-thread the MD5 hashing it tears through the data.

We love robocopy but we had issues trying to get some arguments to work like date or the fact it actually deleted data from our source… (just was crazy).
We ended up going with a similar utility which can also copy open and locked files from command line and does differenal copies.
The tool we found is gscopypro by gurusquad. Highly recommend.
Good luck

Long path tool can helpful on this situation. Thanks

Got here from elsewhere that suggested Robocopy is better than Synctoy. I just did a robocopy /? to view the list of switches. How can this possibly be better than Synctoy when all one wants to do is create a copy of a folder/file on a backup drive? I’d never use most of those switches, and Synctoy is soooooooo very simple to use. I also wonder how people are working that they want to sync or copy right-to-left. I have my internal drive(s) onto which I store files, every so often I want back that drive up; copy left-to-right, working drive to backup drive. I never want to copy the other way, why would I? (Except to restore, of course) Seems to me if anyone’s using both disks for continual file storage, so that they must update in both directions, then they’re working in a most illogical manner.
Further if you need this level of syncing and deleting in both directions then you’re better off using something like a Beyond Compare freebie. I began with DOS, and am very comfortable working in it, but why bother when suitable progs with GUIs exist?

Why does the Submit button here precede the Captcha? Surely it should follow?

I ran “robocopy /?” and a dos screen popped up momentarily, then disappeared. How do I save the list of options?

robocopy /? >> whatever location you want it to save it to, then filename.txt

The >> is piping the information that is displayed in the window to a text file or whatever filetype you are looking for.

Same thing that happened to Jon, posted 08/07/2014, happened to me. Any way to make this work?

To run robocopy at the command line, type cmd first to open the command line box. Then type your command and the results will not disappear.

Hello,
I suggest you to download new Long Path Tool software that simply allows you to work easily on Long Path files.
Thank you.

I had this problem for a long time.
My friend recommended me LongPathTool for fixing this.
I am skeptic with this king of tool but I was wrong.
This tool can do anything.

You can also use long path tool, give it a try.

The switch —> /m
only copies files with the archive attribute set ( dump this )
The switch —> /xo
To only copy newer files.

The switch —> /zb
should be used when backing up system files that are locked or in use.

Note: Try removing spaces in backup folder names try –>
backup-folder or backup_folder instead

Run as Admin —> The CMD prompt

This code:
robocoy C:source D:backup_source /b /e /copyall /xo

This should do the trick.

I tried TeraCopy but it came really short with files in long path name (more than 255 characters long in path). I needed to copy our photo archive files and used TeraCopy as it was recommended. I noticed later files in long path did not copy and it did not error on them. We were stuck between either paying big bucks to get an expensive replication software or find some other method. after hours of googling we ended up with GS Rich Copy which supports long path names. honestly it was easy to use and affordable. Hope this helps anyone looking to copy long file names. It is not free, but affordable!

The main problem with Robocopy is that it crashes in between which leads to missing files. And who wants that? So I had to uninstall it. My friend suggested me to use GS Richcopy 360, this software helped me a lot in overcoming the problems which I faced earlier. The transfer speed is unmatched.