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<blockquote data-quote="jackuars" data-source="post: 918406" data-attributes="member: 24462"><p><em><strong>"BUT I don't like the extra hand holding, even with turning off confirmation it pops up a seperate window to ask where to copy the file to."</strong></em></p><p>In FastCopy, go to Options->main settings->shell extension->Dont confirm in Copy(drag&drop). You can turn this setting on as All users/Admin (press elevate button on top right of FastCopy). Now use normal copy of Windows, and then right click FastCopy(paste)</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"BTW I used copy handler and tweaked the buffer to 5 mb and i tested a 2.5 gb ISO that took Fast Copy 30 seconds and Copy Handler was taking 43 seconds. But now Copy Handler copied that same ISO in only 23 seconds ! "</strong></em></p><p>Consecutive tries appear to be faster when copying same file across source and destination, that seemed unfair at times, so I had to do all testing in Shadow Defender and reboot when testing each software and clear cache. You can set buffer sizes across different copiers.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>"Plus I am a geek about tweaking...so I can change the sound file alerts for copying with Copy Handler"</strong></em></p><p>In FastCopy go to Options->Post-process(normal)->add/modify/del-> set your sound options. Here you can customize sound alerts to any notification sound/music you like, and even different sounds for normal/standby/hibernate/shutdown post process tasks.</p><p></p><p>I still haven't checked the feature set of copiers, this was simply speed comparison test. Other useful options in FastCopy i found</p><p>Options->Main settings->Estimate Finish time</p><p>Options->Main settings->Always show extended filter</p><p>Options->Main settings->I/O settings->Buffer (set according to personal preference)</p><p>Options->Main settings->Parallel running</p><p>Options->Main settings->At minimized->Run in task tray</p><p>Options->Same HDD/Diff HDD mode</p><p>You can also set the speed of file transfer using the slider on the main windows if you are doing OS intensive operations.</p><p></p><p>Performance also changed when using Kaspersky/Windows Defender as main antivirus for different file copiers. By the way tests aren't complete, plenty of other file copiers to test more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackuars, post: 918406, member: 24462"] [I][B]"BUT I don't like the extra hand holding, even with turning off confirmation it pops up a seperate window to ask where to copy the file to."[/B][/I] In FastCopy, go to Options->main settings->shell extension->Dont confirm in Copy(drag&drop). You can turn this setting on as All users/Admin (press elevate button on top right of FastCopy). Now use normal copy of Windows, and then right click FastCopy(paste) [I][B]"BTW I used copy handler and tweaked the buffer to 5 mb and i tested a 2.5 gb ISO that took Fast Copy 30 seconds and Copy Handler was taking 43 seconds. But now Copy Handler copied that same ISO in only 23 seconds ! "[/B][/I] Consecutive tries appear to be faster when copying same file across source and destination, that seemed unfair at times, so I had to do all testing in Shadow Defender and reboot when testing each software and clear cache. You can set buffer sizes across different copiers. [I][B]"Plus I am a geek about tweaking...so I can change the sound file alerts for copying with Copy Handler"[/B][/I] In FastCopy go to Options->Post-process(normal)->add/modify/del-> set your sound options. Here you can customize sound alerts to any notification sound/music you like, and even different sounds for normal/standby/hibernate/shutdown post process tasks. I still haven't checked the feature set of copiers, this was simply speed comparison test. Other useful options in FastCopy i found Options->Main settings->Estimate Finish time Options->Main settings->Always show extended filter Options->Main settings->I/O settings->Buffer (set according to personal preference) Options->Main settings->Parallel running Options->Main settings->At minimized->Run in task tray Options->Same HDD/Diff HDD mode You can also set the speed of file transfer using the slider on the main windows if you are doing OS intensive operations. Performance also changed when using Kaspersky/Windows Defender as main antivirus for different file copiers. By the way tests aren't complete, plenty of other file copiers to test more. [/QUOTE]
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