Perhaps most importantly, both make the claim of boosting copying speed. In order to test fairly, I ran four distinct copy actions with each program and with the default Windows 7 copy function. First, I copied a file of 4. Then, I copied that file to another external hard drive, C. And lastly, copied that folder from my internal drive to external C.
This was done in order for each of the copying methods. The external drives were ejected and the system was rebooted between testing each program. All partitions used NTFS. The 4. The 24 GB folder was a portion of my music collection, mostly. Why did I decide to do that? Well, there are quite a few factors to this test, including hard drive speeds.
Copying the files in order the same way each time discounted any advantage one program would have had over another by way of caching.
Edit file lists Pro Unnecessary files and folders can be removed to reduce the transfer time. Preserve date timestamps TeraCopy keeps the original time and date of files when copying. Videos New folder with selected items Quickly verify downloaded files Delete files securely.
Richard Hoefer. Feature Matrix. Feature TeraCopy TeraCopy Pro Verify files after copy check check Preserve date timestamps check check Copy locked files check check Integrate with Windows Explorer check check Run a shell script on transfer completion check check Generate and verify checksum files check check Delete files securely check check Use in a commercial environment check Edit file lists check Manage favorite folders check Export reports in HTML and CSV formats check Download.
Download free version Purchase TeraCopy Pro. While the transfer was being executed I noticed no lag time on any of the other things I was doing on my computer. It was as though it was not running at all. The Best Tech Newsletter Anywhere Join , subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles. Using TeraCopy TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek time as well as asynchronous copy to speed up the transfer time.
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This shows you the choices TeraCopy offers in its Preferences window. There are even a couple of references to a couple third-party file managers that it can integrate with. I should point out that during the installation of this product you are given the option of installing TeraCopy as a portable utility. So far, I have only shown you what is available in the Free version. Here are a few extras you will get if you decide to cough up some dough:.
The above list comes directly from the Official TeraCopy Site. I guess I simply have no need at this point in time. Do you use TeraCopy or would you suggest another? Let us know…. The current version 2. It does make better use of the USB 2. Will say that the companies alpha verisob which other users hail, I find slower. IMHO, speed test will vary depending on hardware as you mentioned, so users should do their own testing. They might appreciate what they find, Mindblower! Each to his own.
Until proven otherwise, I still maintain that any speed increase is done with smoke and mirrors. Thanks for pointing out those features Richard. If speed is not the factor, those other features are indeed impressive. Should point out, that while you are coping files, you can add more files, and if they are going to that location, they will ne added cued , otherwise they will be pending after that copy is completed. I find TeraCopy extremely useful since I copy to flash drives and external drives on a daily and monthly basics.
So you need to be aware that even though the files may be copied over faster, you could end up with fragmented files which the OS will not be able to access as fast as normally-copied, non-fragmented files depending on what type of drive you have. Speed is definitely not the reason I use Tera Copy but rather the fairly frequent fail rate when copying a large number of files.
Also when copying files one at a time such as going through a list and selectively moving some files to a different storage there seems to be no limit on the number of moves that can be queued using tera copy. Windows will start to process up to four simultaneously unless that has changed in 10 after which you have to wait for one to finish before starting another.
When I tried to do some serious copying during restoring operations, I discovered that the integrated Windows 7 copy function was practically useless. I was even more surprised to find, after some research, that it was a widely acknowledged fact among power users and developers.
If you want to copy or move thousands of files, big files or critical files, Windows Explorer is ridiculously inadequate. Not only will it fail without enabling you to identify the missing files, but it fails alarmingly often. I believe, by the way, that you absolutely cannot do speed comparisons using the remaining time figures, because of this. And of course, the fact that Windows does not offer to validate the copied files is a glaring omission. Seeing the praise received by TeraCopy, I tried it first.
I found it awkward to use, because of its tiny and unusual user interface. Rich Copy, written by Microsoft types, draws a lot of praise too, but I found it too geeky for normal users. This, assuming that your task is big enough to warrant firing up either of those, and dealing with software not really meant for the purpose.
However, although you will be using only a small subset of the available features, everything you need is there. I have been using TeraCopy to resolve the Windows Exploder failed somewhere, and I pay to have a computer work harder than me to figure out where. However, lately, Teracopy 2. But at least I get a variety of hints where it stopped and what it had completed. Yes, you missed a big feature and the only reason I use Teracopy.
FInd 3 big files in different directories on a PC. Copy them concurrently to somewhere else. Time it. Windows will switch between all 3 copies and it will take MUCH longer.
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