Fast Copy is a file copier for Windows that has been around for some time. It was recently updated making it an ideal time to review it at Ghacks. Fast Copy comes as a portable application that can be used to copy files in an efficient speedy way. It falls in the same category as programs like TeraCopy which offer the same functionality.
A major difference between the two applications is the fact that Fast Copy does not hijack the original Windows copy, delete and move operations but comes only into play when the user selects the application to handle the transfers. This can be done by loading Fast Copy or adding Fast Copy entries to the right-click context menu. The option for the latter is provided in the program’s options.
Since the usage is not automatic using Fast Copy makes only sense in situations where the user has to copy many files and folders at once, for example when moving the contents of one hard drive to another. It simply takes about five to ten seconds to start the file transfer because the source and destination locations have to be added to the program manually.
The context menu entry is only adding the source location to the program but the destination would still have to be selected manually. Fast Copy uses parallel processing if the source and destination location are on different hard drives and a huge buffer if they are on the same. It comes with a lot of options that can be changed like the buffer size or actions to take if a file exists in the destination.
The command line options might make it usable for batch files that use file operations. It lacks a few of the features that TeraCopy comes with like a queue that offers options to skip files or pause the process.
Fast Copy in its current version can be used in batch files because of its command line parameters and to copy large amount of files. It does not work as a real transfer replacement for Windows and have to leave that field to Teracopy.
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Be careful, your paragraph about TeraCopy “hijacking” the copy/move dialoges is very misleading. The reality is that the default setting is for TeraCopy to add it’s own handlers, but if you prefer, these are easily controlled in the program’s preferences.
Also, it wasn’t made clear that there is a portable version of TeraCopy, which of course also does not add any copy/move handlers.
Although I think your intension was to make Fast Copy sound good, but in my opinion you just made it sound like TeraCopy was 10x better. :D That Fast Copy software sound useless compared to TeraCopy.
Yes, that Teracopy hijacking comment was inapropriate; if you don’t want a shell extension to be installed, use the Teracopy portable. It would be nice to have a picture of it’s interface, cause developper doesn’t provide it.
I agree with comments above. What for use it, where there is TeraCopy? :)
I think TeraCopy is better for several reasons. Anyway, you can find it here: http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
Note that tjere is also a Pro (paid) version with better features.
Well, TeraCopy felt a little unpolished to me. It crashed the first time I tried to use it for a simple drive to drive copy operation. Admitidly I did use the 2.0 Beta 4, but if it is that buggy, they should not be offering it for download.
FastCopy is open source, which is a nice bonus. The UI is clean and simple. The biggest issue is that the English translation isn’t so hot.
FastCopy is faster than TeraCopy , TeraCopy UI is more friendly than FastCopy . But both of them I no longer used, now I use ExtremeCopy , it’s speed as fast as FastCopy and UI as friendly as TeraCopy ,
you can learn more information about ExtremeCopy go here :
http:// http://www.easersoft.com