Search for the Perfect File Copy Manager
Nikhil Rastogi, Jun 08, 2008 0153 hrs IST
If you are one of those who often transfer data from one partition or drive to another, this article is for you.
No this topic is not about copying or ripping audio CDs, movies or software, it is about the act of copying/transferring itself, that is copying files/folders from one location to another in the most efficient way.
To many it may seem a silly topic to discuss; sure it is for one who doesn't copy several files across partitions or network drives much, but to the one who does, would surely want to know of a good file transfer manager.
Copying/Moving is a simple act. You select the files that you want to transfer or replicate to another location, hit the move/copy command and it's done. It's a no brainer, nothing that default Windows Cut, Copy, Paste cannot handle.
But not all situations are this simple - damaged disks, files refusing to copy, system files needing user input, multiple files with different attributes, duplicate files all add to the inconvenience of using the default Windows transfer method of migrating files. These would normally not be a problem if Windows provided a better way to transfer files. Therefore began the search for a better way to migrate files across locations.
Drawbacks of Windows Copy/Move process
- Windows does not let you pause/resume file transfers in case you want to do something else.
- Windows file transfer sucks the entire available system resources during copying, making multi-tasking really slow.
- Windows file transfer method is too linear - If an error occurs during a transfer, the entire transfer aborts instead of continuing to the next file in the process. There is no provision to Skip the erroneous file either.
- Windows pauses the entire file transfer process to ask for user permissions to transfer read-only, overwrite files, etc instead of querying for user input at the end of the transfer of remaining files not in question.
- Windows has no provision for copy queuing. If something is pasted twice, two different copy process start at the same time
These drawbacks have remained constant since DOS days, so it's no surprise that Windows still adopts a very DOS-like thinking even with latest from Microsoft yet Vista, which fails to address any of these issues. To be fair though, Vista has included a slightly updated version where amount of data transferred and speed output is displayed. For those still not happy with this, there are many ingenious independent developers who feel the same and have come up with innovative little utilities that solve these issues.
USER COMMENTS
Wow !! Techtree uses pirated rips :) Screenshot of the Super Copier Indeed shows some pirated movie rip with group name MissRipZ.. :)
by Anonymous, Bangalore, on Jun 09, 2008 06:10 PM, Report abuse Reply
by Imran, Bangalore, on Jun 09, 2008 02:03 PM, Report abuse Reply
by muthamil, trichy, on Jun 09, 2008 01:37 PM, Report abuse Reply
All third party software's are its own way to handle the command of copying. but windows copy comand and its operational procedure is most easiest even for a 1st standard student.
by p.rajeevan, NEWDELHI, on Jun 09, 2008 12:12 PM, Report abuse Reply
Nikhil, I'd like an app that can support copy queuing in the sense that I can select files from multiple folders and once I'm done, I can copy them to a specified location. Do any of these apps support this feature?
by dookie, Bangalore, on Jun 09, 2008 11:03 AM, Report abuse Reply
Instead of focusing on just C&P, if you look at holistic windows explorer interface, xPlorer2 from Zabkat is quite good and has a whole bunch of to die for features in addition to a practical copy utility that can ignore errors and also synch folders to name a few.
by John, Chennai, on Jun 09, 2008 08:48 AM, Report abuse Reply
Total Commander is a good file manager.
by Ranji, Cochin, on Jun 09, 2008 03:19 AM, Report abuse Reply
by sachin, goa, on Jun 08, 2008 11:12 PM, Report abuse Reply
Karen's Replicator is another excellent tool for this task
by Krishnan MP, Bangalore, on Jun 08, 2008 06:34 PM, Report abuse Reply
by Saket Iyer, Navi Mumbai, on Jun 08, 2008 11:28 AM, Report abuse Reply
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