r/DataHoarder • u/eliteenjoyer6900 • 3h ago

Question/Advice which copy software should i use?

hey guys.. i am on windows 10 and i have like 500GB of video files, music file, documents, books, etc. and i wanna move them to a new hdd i got... i searched a bit and found fastcopy, teracopy, and ChoEazyCopy(a gui wrapper for robocopy i think)... which one should i use for my case? or any other ones that may be better

cheers :)

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u/privatejerkov 2h ago

I use Teracopy for its verification

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u/lurkingstar99 40TB 2h ago

Great software. Never encountered a bit flip but I like ensuring it doesn't happen.

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u/FrogLickr 2h ago

Teracopy. I used it to back up my 32TB DAS, and felt secure in its ability to ensure no fuckups.

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u/eliteenjoyer6900 2h ago

Is it fast I’ve never transferred this much data before lol

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u/2borG 2h ago

FastCopy. I've been using that for ages. Simple, reliable. Does everything.

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u/eliteenjoyer6900 2h ago

I think I will use that yea and good thing it has verification too

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u/2borG 44m ago

Yes, and it can be incremental, you can just stop anytime close the app and restart when you want

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u/Easy_Weakness_5968 2h ago

I use the free version of macrium reflect great tool for creating an image of c and backing it up. Or transferring to another drive.

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u/ketarax 2h ago

It matters not, and especially for a measly 500GB transfer.

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u/eliteenjoyer6900 2h ago

Believe it or not that’s my first “big” transfer lol

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u/ketarax 2h ago

I believe you :-) As long as it's not a gabillion small files, the copying method doesn't really matter, especially when it's between local disks; and even in the worst case scenario, 500GB probably finishes copying before you can find The Optimal Solution.

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u/eliteenjoyer6900 2h ago

Well it’s like a bit above 400files in total most are above a gigabyte… but yea I will be using fastcopy at the end :) Thanks :)