Slow Copying in Windows 11? Try FastCopy to copy your files.

[@staplesq705]

How to use more external drives to copy to? more DestDir? I tried on DestDir this E:/F:/G:/ but it does not work?

[@staplesq705]

@@ClickNextDemos Hi, thanks for you reply, Im using the graphical user interface, but when I use a \ it does not work.. how does it show up then? now it's showing source D:/ and how does the DestDir must look? I have drive E and drive G..??

[@ClickNextDemos]

So you are wanting to copy the same data to 2 different destinations at the same time from one copy command. No, I'm not aware of any copy software that does that. However, there are 2 other ways you could do this.... 1. Start a copy of the data to the first destination, then immediately start a copy to the 2nd destination. By default, it will wait until the first copy completes but will then automatically start copying to the 2nd destination. A box appears that says "Start at Once". If you click that, it will start copying it immediately. But 2 copies running at the same time will no doubt slow both copies down a little. 2. An altherative way to do it would be to create a simple script (batch file) that has both copy commands in, then it would copy the same source data to both destinations but one at a time. But it will be unnattended so you don't have to intervene. Exmaple script fastcopy /cmd=diff c:\sourcedata /to=E:\Dest1 fastcopy /cmd=diff c:\sourcedata /to=G:\Dest2

[@staplesq705]

@@ClickNextDemos Wow! Thanks it worked!! Thanks a lot for your help!!

[@degu44]

Thank you for your video. This had been a great help in testing the actual size of SSD's bought from amazon and ebay. I have already returned one SSD that was not the stated size. It was bought as a 4TB drive but could only copy 121gig before freezing, so looks like it actually had a 128gig memory module! Currently testing a second 4TB SSD, this one is Crucial and already looking to be authentic with around 2TB already copied and transfer speeds still over 300mbs.

[@ClickNextDemos]

Cool. I never thought of that as a use case but glad it helped you out.

[@CYYB3RMISTER]

This was extremely useful considering you went into all the ways you can copy data

[@cjlowe1650]

This is amazing. Robocopy ran over 24 hours and only copied 8 gig of my 320gig files. Fast copy did all my files in less than 2 hours. Im copying from laptop with ssd to my old 16tb lenovo px4-300d nas. Truly awesome!!!!!!

[@ClickNextDemos]

That's a great result. Glad it helped you out.

[@sergekhakhin]

I tested copying a git repo containing 98,436 files and 38,199 folders from a SATA SSD to the very same SSD, with standard Windows Explorer it took 09:12, with FastCopy it took 02:13.

[@ClickNextDemos]

Awesome, glad it helped.

[@murraytinker]

Thanks for this. Worked a treat. I have a fairly powerful 32GB Win 11 PC built for 4k video editing. I am always looking for icons to add to video and came up with the brainwave of searching my PC for very small png files (these are very likely to be icons). Wow I found more than 16,000 of them. I copied them into a portable usb directory. (it took a while. I later decided that I would organise the files for easy access on a fast 2TB NVME drive. I asked file explorer to copy them and it started fast but slowed to a crawl. It then estimated over 3 hours to complete the job. The total directory size is 40Mb. WTF! FastCopy did the job in seconds!!!!!!👻👻👻

[@ClickNextDemos]

Fastcopy really does excel at copying a large amount of small files. Glad it helped.

[@cjlowe1650]

I also upgraded my laptop from 16mg memory to 32mg lately since I was going to start full backups to my nas so im sure that helps a lot

[@didiernaimdefli]

something about british accent (and your voice of course). can't stop watching the video even if I already gathered the information I needed after the first 5 minutes.

[@ClickNextDemos]

Thank you for the kind comments. I actually don't like how I sound on video and have been considering using computer generated voice audio instead.

[@didiernaimdefli]

@@ClickNextDemos nobody likes hearing their own voice. your voice is super clear, professional and soothing. ask your friends before going synthetic, please. unless this is a test and the voice is already computer generated in which case I don't want to know what is real anymore. just let me be. what a time to be alive

[@djredrayne]

Just un extract the files, it should be able to copy really fast. Just make sure the folder is not extracted.

[@normietwiceremoved]

I just used it and 2 minutes has gone by and it said 17gb transferred already. I was like, "that's not right that can't be true" It is. I'm never using windows explorer to copy large amounts of files ever again.

[@ClickNextDemos]

Glad its working well for you.

[@FlyingCatPro]

Great video! Can I use the GUI to do a differential copy or do I have to use a batch file for this. If a can use the GUI, what do I need to do to set this up? Thanks.

[@ClickNextDemos]

Hi there, You can do a differential copy from both the GUI or the command prompt or even add it to a batch file. In the GUI, just select Differential from the drop down list before you start the copy. There is a very good manual available if you click on the Help menu item which covers all the backup options.

[@FlyingCatPro]

@@ClickNextDemos - Many thanks for your help and taking the time to reply, greatly appreciated. I'll definitely have a thorough look at the manual, thanks for pointing this out.

[@ClickNextDemos]

FastCopy is an excellent data copy / backup tool. Good Luck with it.

[@kamikazeePL]

Nice test. Thanks.

[@haimal2003]

thanks for this guide mate

[@JoeB_BSc]

Hi, I opine you mention a using script at the end. Please explain how to do this. Thanks and Regards JB

[@ClickNextDemos]

Check out the video from 8:33 using this link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJzJi6J-bLZ7ntU It's simple batch file where you add one or more fastcopy commands that copy the data of your choice. You the built in Help tool for more information of the switches (options) you can use with the fastcopy command from the command line. Hope that helps.

[@Wesmosis]

Thanks!

[@sergekhakhin]

Thank you very much

[@ClickNextDemos]

Glad you liked it

[@tanneryoung7436]

I tried to do the drag and drop method but i didnt get the fastcopy option next to it. It just did the regular copy any advice?

[@ClickNextDemos]

Click on the link below to see the part of the video where I explain how to enable this. Around the 2 minute mark. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJzJi6J-bLZ7ntU

[@survivinglife262]

unfortunate for me. transfer task from internal to ext storage. 25GB with mp4s, videos, small files. transfer rate didnt exceed 2.1 mbps. the tool is cool tho.

[@rubenohlgisser7775]

It took me 3 times more time to copy music to my USB then a regular copy with windows 11 pro maybe windows 11 got faster with the last update Nov 2023.

[@ClickNextDemos]

Sorry to hear that. The copy time will vary depending on the type of data you are copying. Not sure why it was so slow in your case, I would expect music files to copy at least as quick as Windows, if not quicker. Obviously didn't do that. Thanks for the comment.

[@emrecim2023]

Hello, what are the best settings to copy fastest? Will changing the buffer size change the speed ? I have a pc with 16 GB ram, what setting would you suggest?

[@ClickNextDemos]

Hi, on modern computers, I'm not sure if changing the buffer size makes much difference. It will depend on the file sizes of the data you are copying, certain settings may work better if you are copying lots of small files as opposed to large files for example. For the fastest possible copy time I always de-select Verify and de-select Estimate. Turning off both of these settings will improve the copy time of the data, although if you were copying really important data, maybe you would want to leave Verify enabled. Check out the manual by clicking on the Help menu item. It has details on all the options availble in FastCopy. All the best.

[@emrecim2023]

@@ClickNextDemos Thanks for the detailed explanations.

[@BlueCheeseBand101]

iwant fast copy. but there is no option to rename the file

[@Andrew-yw1zy]

It won't open the folder I have a ton of pictures in. Drag and drop doesn't work. Selecting the file from fastcopy doesn't work. Trying to pick individual photos doesn't work

[@ClickNextDemos]

Sorry, not sure whats going on there. I've never seen not work like that before.

[@julianmeyer7973]

What was your bottleneck in this Demo? I get about 90MB/s to my Server with normal windows copy

[@ClickNextDemos]

Hi, I don't think I had any bottleneck as such, I get similar speeds to you but it depends on the data you are copying. Windows is not very good at copying small files although you probably wouldn't notice unless you were copying a large amount of small files.

[@GarbanzoBeansFan]

how do you disable auto updates? i wanna stay on v4.2.0 forever 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wesmosis]

Why?

[@staplesq705]

I'm copying 2 external 8tb drives now from d to e, can i use my pc that's c drive, for internet browsing while copying or should i leave the pc untouched?

[@ClickNextDemos]

It's perfectly fine to continue using your pc while you are copying data in the background. You can minimise the FastCopy window to the task bar or system tray and it will continue copying the data. It will have little impact on the data copy, maybe slow the copy down a little if you are using the pc intensively but it will still copy fine. Even if you did interrupt the copy, you can re-run the copy again and it will carry on where it left off. It will skip any files that have already been copied.

[@staplesq705]

@@ClickNextDemos Thanks bro!! Happy New Year!!

[@francosilvestri123]

Can you copy multiple subdirectories at once?

[@ClickNextDemos]

Yes, you can select multiple folders or subfolders by pressing the CTRL key and clicking on each desired folder. Once you have selected all the folders you want to copy, right click and select FastCopy, or Drag and Drop the folders on to the destination folder. Alternatively, you could specfiy them when using the command line version. If you will be copying the folders as a regular backup then you could create a batch file specifying which files and folders to copy, as shown in the video.

[@francosilvestri123]

@@ClickNextDemos I tried all day to copy my subdirectories from an HDD to another but it doesn't work. I have the following subdirectories: C:\Users\MyPC\Apple\MobileSync\Backup\3b62d\a1 and C:\Users\MyPC\Apple\MobileSync\Backup\3b62d\a2. I tried multiple times in FastCopy to instruct to copy C:\Users\MyPC\Apple\MobileSync\Backup\ to my external HDD which path is W:\iPhone\Backup. Once I tried with final \, once without final \, once with \*, once with only *, but nothing: the Destination folder remains EMPTY. What am I doing wrong?

[@supermassiveblckman]

But, about verification after a copy (Verify option), will I get a warning in case of errors, or will I always have to go and check the log file?

[@ClickNextDemos]

Any errors will be reported in the message window which you can scroll up and down and also in the log file.

[@portman8909]

How about tera copy?

[@ClickNextDemos]

Yep, I've used Teracopy a long time aga and it was pretty good to be fair. I may take another look.

[@CreamyCornCob]

Is this a joke? Needed to copy 115gb of skins and cars for Assetto Corsa - Windows 10 says 3 hours and 10 minutes. FASTCOPY says 6 hours and 35 minutes. Well, that was a waste of time.

[@ClickNextDemos]

Sounds like you have the "Verify" option enabled so I would suggest unchecking that option. I would also uncheck "Estimate" as it is very difficult for it to give you an accurate estimate immediately if you are copying a huge number of files. The estimate gets more accurate as the copy progresses but if you are copying a large number of files I would leave the Estimate option off. I think you will then find that Fastcopy will copy the data much quicker than File Explorer.

[@CreamyCornCob]

@@ClickNextDemos On that time, I had verify disabled, unchecked. Think Ill try again and let it go a little longer. But at the rate last time, you could by visually - count each file copied. Slow. Thanks cheers!