pls recommend some fast copy software

windows builtin copy software is too slow for large data copy

pls recommend some free fast copy software

Hi there

@makhan10

Filezilla it's FREE - nice GUI.

You can set local and remote to same computer so it works a treat even for local file copy. Works for local and remote, also to remote Linux etc (NAS) type servers.

Fast, sftp protocol as well as ftp (sftp protocol is encrypted over internet so good for that too) and can display long path and / directory / file names unlike file explorer (limited to 266 chars and then it shows as 8.3 listing !!!)

To copy on LOCAL (i.e same computer) just put the computer name / IP address in the Host box

for example here :




Cheers
jimbo

No GUI. Just one line of command:

Robocopy "D:\Source_folder" "E:\Destination_folder" /Mir

Matthew Wai said:

No GUI. Just one line of command:

Robocopy "D:\Source_folder" "E:\Destination_folder" /Mir

If you want a pure CLI solution what's wrong with SSH !!!

Cheers
jimbo

I confirm that even an idiot like me can learn Robocopy.

idgat said:

Another vote for Robocopy. Worth the effort to learn the command line syntax

Otherwise, try Fastcopy




Bit of an overkill just to copy from one drive/folder to another .....

However as it also works for remote then you can use it instead of needing another tool for local and one for remote.

As in all these things - depends on what you need to do -- I'm surprised though that local copy is slow -- I suspect the main problem is the HDD's / SSD's themselves are incredibly slow. Transfer via file explorer say to a USB3 external drive can be done pretty fast anyway so I'm sure problem is with the OP's slow HDD's -- if that's the case nothing will improve the transfer speeds.


(I've never heard of Slow for SSD's though !!!!)

Cheers
jimbo