do these REALLY work ?

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do apps like total copy and teracopy really work ?

how much faster are they really ?

what is the best file copier solution in your opinion ???
 
I've tried Teracopy and it worked pretty well, but I uninstalled it because I could not start a second simultaneous transfer.

The normal Windows copy works just fine for me.

What are you actually trying to do?

Normal everyday file copying? Or File synchronisation?
 
Don't know about being faster, but being able to pause and limit downloads does have its advantages.
 
i do alot of transfers from work, i'm busy copying a 2.6gig file from my desktop to my flash and it's taking forever even though i'm using teracopy. the thing is sitting at less than a meg per sec. the file itself has alot of little files in it (256kb etc and there are about 100 or so files) so i'm thinking teracopy doesn't do so well with large amounts of little files.
 
Large amounts of small files always copy slower than one big file, no matter what software you use to copy it.
 
bullfrog said:
Large amounts of small files always copy slower than one big file, no matter what software you use to copy it.
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ahh! i didn't know that :p thanks

i thought for a second that the software wasn't working correctly or something.

ow well guess i'll have to wait .
 
Have your tried Winrar? You could try create an archive, and then only update the modified files? Or create an archive on your HDD and just copy the rar file, a single file will be quicker than lots of small ones.
 
It should be noted that most of these file copy products are mostly useful for throttling file copies or managing file copies. There is no way to get any significant performance increase for file copies by using a third party product.
 
They're pretty useless imo, if you want real power try Total Commander.
 
Conradl said:
There is no way to get any significant performance increase for file copies by using a third party product.
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Actually, yes there is.
A lot of these programs use their own methods for copying, and don't use the Windows API. I don't know where you get that statement from, as it is incorrect.

Microsoft's RichCopy is probably one of the fastest copy programs out there, though it is not designed for single file copies.
 
Sadly copying 2gb to a usb stick is going to take long no matter what you use.

So geek if i copy from one drive to another and it is maxing out the one drive in terms of transfer rate, how is another program going defy hardware constraints and make it go faster?
 
i swear by SpeedCommander, can que, pause, assign priority
 
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