Copy Large amounts of Data


  1. Posts : 208
    Windows 7
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    Copy Large amounts of Data


    I am having trouble copying large amounts of data, and was wondering if there were certain ways to speed up the process. Patch a few .dll's? Use a program?

    Thanks in Advance. =)

    ~Joshua~
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    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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  3. Posts : 208
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
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    Thanks, I'll check it out.

    ~Joshua~
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  4. NoN
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    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
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    Torongo said:
    Thanks, I'll check it out.

    ~Joshua~
    Any feedback welcome, i'm curious as i might have to swap files soon, the native windows 7 gave & give me satisfaction enough but this one looks attractive, + x64 support. Thanks
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  5. Posts : 154
    Windows XP-Pro-SP3, Windows 7
       #5

    I'm just curious.....What do you consider a large amount of data?

    I recently copied over 60 gig's of data from one HD to another, using XCOPY with the /s option. I just let it run while I watched TV. No biggie!

    Doc
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    Windows 7
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    DrWho said:
    I'm just curious.....What do you consider a large amount of data?

    I recently copied over 60 gig's of data from one HD to another, using XCOPY with the /s option. I just let it run while I watched TV. No biggie!

    Doc
    At the moment I am trying to copy a mere 2 gigabytes, but its on my flash drive so I'm having trouble with a few of the larger ones. It'll just get stuck and won't move past the file.

    Does anyone else know alternative software for this, that other software - wow. I couldn't figure out how to choose where to output the data to. xD

    ~Joshua~
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    ultimate 64 sp1
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    i've never had much success with teracopy.

    regularly i have to copy a folder containing 40,000 small files totalling about 1.5 gig.

    teracopy was far slower than windows explorer in this scenario. your mileage may vary, it's worth a try.

    the only thing i found that helped significantly was to pause my antivirus software during the transfer - but then i've got to remember to turn it back on when i'm finished....
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  8. Posts : 208
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
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    mickey megabyte said:
    i've never had much success with teracopy.

    regularly i have to copy a folder containing 40,000 small files totalling about 1.5 gig.

    teracopy was far slower than windows explorer in this scenario. your mileage may vary, it's worth a try.

    the only thing i found that helped significantly was to pause my antivirus software during the transfer - but then i've got to remember to turn it back on when i'm finished....
    I'll attempt that.

    ~Joshua~
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  9. Posts : 11
    Windows 7 Professional x86
       #9

    So I ran into this issue earlier cause I was running out of space on my primary so I installed a secondary. But I had to move 799 GB of data to my secondary. I downloaded TeraCopy and it worked great. It just took around 2.5 hours. But it got the job done. Now I just need to buy another huge drive.
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