FastCopy - transfer large files fast

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Posted in » Software - by Ades on April 21st, 2009

Since getting hdd media player with 650GB of disk space I have been doing some large data transfers. But Windows operating system does a terrible job in transferring large files especially to external hard disks. It hangs, it prematurely terminates the transfers, files get corrupted… you name it.

fastcopy.pngOne way to do large file transfers is using MSDOS’ xcopy command, but it can get troublesome using MS Command Prompt especially when you do not know the commands.

Luckily there is a better way. FastCopy (freeware) (see screenshot) does the same what xcopy does, and even faster. Since it doesn’t use the cache of OS at all, other processes (applications) won’t be affected (i.e become heavy or hang) by the transfer.

It can also verify the copied files making sure that you do not have the corrupted files.

Since finding it I have been using it extensively and so far it’s doing a great job. Highly recommend it.

Website: www.ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en
Download: FastCopy v1.98 (placed it in my shared folder)

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17 Responses to “FastCopy - transfer large files fast”

  1. By John @ Wollongong Web Design on Apr 21, 2009

    This makes work easier and faster.
    Thanks for the recommendation.

  2. By CSS web design finder on Apr 21, 2009

    Awesome tool, I use it for months already and it works just great

  3. By titan on Apr 21, 2009

    agree. This is totally different. How you know about this one ades????

  4. By Ades on Apr 22, 2009

    @titan, i was using command prompt and did some research on data transfer tools. fastcopy was not so difficult to find.

  5. By iPhone on Apr 22, 2009

    Ooh, that is actually very nice! thanks.
    Nice to have a tool that actually tells you how long a transfer will take… rather than going from 4 hours to 20 minutes in less than a few seconds

  6. By Free Movies on Apr 22, 2009

    Really awesome tool.sure i will use it.thanks dear..

  7. By Get 3 Quotes | 3Q on Apr 22, 2009

    Nice tool! I just love how the computer world has evolved. Just the other day I was dependant on stiffy discs of 1.44MB capacity for data storage / transport. Now I got a 4GB flash drive that takes up 1/4 of the space the stiffy did, and the data is pretty much incorruptible. Even the best quality stiffies just didn’t last…hahahah…..Now on to huge data transfer. This would’ve been in the realm of the flash drive in stiffy days!

  8. By gout on Apr 22, 2009

    big space,thanks for recommend the link….very useful

  9. By eyeman on Apr 23, 2009

    cool. Its great and now i can transfer big files fast than before to my friends.

  10. By zawzal on Apr 24, 2009

    interesting. I guess its time to transfer large times. No need to use rapidshare anymore..

  11. By Web Design on Apr 24, 2009

    Nice Tool. it’s good tool to transfer the big file fast. thanks For Sharing.

  12. By iPhone on Apr 24, 2009

    Thanks for this - I’ve been trying to transfer over wireless as Vista was hanging all the time using plug and play. This did the trick.

  13. By Minnesota Attorney on Apr 25, 2009

    I haven’t had trouble copying large files on XP or Vista, but it’s nice to know a good tool is available in case the need arises.

  14. By iPhone on Apr 26, 2009

    This is such a handy tool. I was struggling to copy some big files and thought they were corrupt, but managed to copy them with this.

  15. By Ties UK on Apr 29, 2009

    Thanks ! We can transfer file so easy,faster and saves time.

  16. By Best Teeth Whitening on Apr 29, 2009

    Thanks for letting us know about another great tool. I’ll be giving it a try.

  17. By Tyrone – Internet Business Path on Apr 29, 2009

    This post is so great and helpful! Thanks!


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