The majority of Windows users is using Windows Explorer to copy files and folders on the system. That’s usually fine especially for a small amount of files. The lack of information and optimization on the other hand may lead to frustration, especially when transfer rates and completion times seem to jump a lot. Talent Copy [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 4
Robocopy GUI
The standard functionality to copy files and folders in Windows is severely limited. It might work fine for casual users but if you ever tried to copy a large amount of data to a network share or backup folder you might have noticed that there are things amiss that are more or less essential for [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 6
Copy Files To Multiple Locations
If you want to copy files in Windows Explorer you can do so from one location to another at the same time. There is no way to copy or move files from multiple locations to multiple locations easily. While it is possible to start several file copying processes and run them simultaneously it usually means [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 9
Get To Know Linux: Copy and Paste
It may sound like we’ve stepped back to Computers 101, but copy and pasting in Linux can sometimes be a bit different than it is in either Windows or Mac. The good news is that it is most often far easier to copy and paste in Linux than it is in any other operating system. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 11
Fast Copy
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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 7
Copy random files
Mix2Stix was primarily designed to copy random mp3 files from the hard drive to an USB stick or mp3 player to ease the pain of selecting the music manually. It provides a one click solution with a few comfort functions which I will explain later in this article. The user has to set four parameters [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
Enhance Windows file operations
Windows file operations are displayed in an basic window with no option to enhance them at all. This can be really tiresome if you copy hundreds of files only to realize that the operation was terminated somewhere in the middle. There is no possibility to resume transfers as well and no list showing all file operations including their status.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 10
Scan, Fax and Copy with your mobile phone
I always thought it would be nice to put the camera that most mobile phones are equipped with to got use and have a software that would make it possible to take a picture of a document and fax or send it to someone using the same phone. I don’t have a fax because I rarely need it but I miss it dearly whenever I need it.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 1
Copy Data from partially unreadable files
About eight years ago I was backing up some pretty valuable files on CD. I should add valuable to me. One Cd contained demos of me and my clan playing Unreal Tournament capture the flag and I’ve always seen this as a part of my history. Well, I tried to copy the CD to my hard drive a few days ago and guess what; Some files could not be read and I lost some of them during the process. At least that’s what I thought until I found the freeware Copy Cat. Copy Cat uses a superior method to copy files by using a byte per byte method.