FastCopy is a copy-speed booster that lets you move or duplicate files far faster than Windows Explorer. Every “copy” job your PC performs is really a loop—read from disk → write to disk → read from cache → write to disk—and that loop becomes a bottleneck with big files or lots of small ones. FastCopy eliminates the choke points by optimizing thread order and buffer sizes, so the same job finishes in a fraction of the time. The interface is tiny, portable and 100 % free; download it here and give your hard-drive a turbo-charge.
Stand-out Features
1. 100 % portable
Single 400 KB executable—no installer, no registry keys, no admin rights. Double-click and go.
2. Clean but powerful UI
The default window is spartan, yet every option is one click away: include/exclude filters, verification, buffer size, ACL/Alt-stream copy, etc.
3. Copy or Move—your choice
Pick source and destination, then hit “Execute”. Extra options: copy only newer/different files, sync, move, verify, delete source after copy, or create a full mirror.
4. Live telemetry
Real-time graph of transfer rate, I/O size, file count and ETA. See exactly where the bottleneck is and prove the speed gain.
5. Benchmark-ready
In side-by-side tests FastCopy routinely beats vanilla Windows by 20 %–300 %, especially on HDDs and network shares.
Feature List
1. Full drag-and-drop support—drop multiple folders or drives onto the source field.
2. Shell integration—add “FastCopy” to the right-click menu for one-click sends.
3. Three HDD modes—“Auto” (default), “Same-HDD” (low-seek) and “Diff-HDD” (parallel I/O).
4. Preset profiles—choose “Auto,” “Full-Speed,” “Verify,” “Mirror,” or build your own.
5. Wildcard & regex filters—include/exclude by name, size, date or attribute.
6. Built-in job manager—queue dozens of jobs and let them run unattended.
7. Command-line mode—script every option for nightly backups or logon tasks.
8. Ultra-light—copy the 400 KB EXE to a USB stick and run it on any Windows PC from XP to 11.
9. Multi-threaded engine—reads and writes are overlapped so no thread waits idle; cache is tuned per drive type.
10. Timer & byte counter—export CSV logs for professional disk-performance reviews.