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Highlight the files you want to copy. Press the keyboard shortcut Command + C . Move to the location you want to move the files and press Command + V to copy the files.
When the Command Prompt is open type robocopy /? After pressing Enter, you should see copying options. With these shortcuts, copying files on your computer will be a lot faster. You also have the option of using Windows Powershell but as an administrator.
the default behavior of robocopy is to include percentages. Use /np to not include progress. it indicate the per-file percentage, not a percentage for the whole job.
Copying Files and Folders Over the Network Luckily, you can run Xcopy in restartable mode. Meaning, even if the copy progress stops due to a network error, the copy can resume after re-establishing the network connection. To run Xcopy in restartable mode, you'll need to add the /Z switch to the command.
I used the copy command with the /z switch for copying over network drives. Also works for copying between local drives. Tested on XP Home edition.
robocopy:
Robocopy, or "Robust File Copy", is a command-line directory and/or file replication command. Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. It has been available as part of the Windows Resource Kit starting with Windows NT 4.0, and was first introduced as a standard feature in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The command is
robocopy...
The Esentutl /y option allows copyng (single) file files with progress bar like this :
the command should look like :
esentutl /y "FILE.EXT" /d "DEST.EXT" /o
The command is available on every windows machine but the y option is presented in windows vista.
As it works only with single files does not look very useful for a small ones.
Other limitation is that the command cannot overwrite files. Here's a wrapper script that checks the destination and if needed could delete it (help can be seen by passing /h).
Some interesting timings regarding all these methods. If you have Gigabit connections, you should not use the /z flag or it will kill your connection speed. Robocopy or dism are the only tools that go full speed and show a progress bar. wdscase is for multicasting off a WDS server and might be faster if you are imaging 5+ computers. To get the 1:17 timing, I was maxing out the Gigabit connection at 920Mbps so you won't get that on two connections at once. Also take note that exporting the small wim index out of the larger wim file too longer than just copying the whole thing.
Model Exe OS switches index size time link speed
8760w dism Win8 /export-wim index 1 6.27GB 2:21 link 1Gbps
8760w dism Win8 /export-wim index 2 7.92GB 1:29 link 1Gbps
6305 wdsmcast winpe32 /trans-file res.RWM 7.92GB 6:54 link 1Gbps
6305 dism Winpe32 /export-wim index 1 6.27GB 2:20 link 1Gbps
6305 dism Winpe32 /export-wim index 2 7.92GB 1:34 link 1Gbps
6305 copy Winpe32 /z Whole 7.92GB 25:48 link 1Gbps
6305 copy Winpe32 none Wim 7.92GB 1:17 link 1Gbps
6305 xcopy Winpe32 /z /j Wim 7.92GB 23:54 link 1Gbps
6305 xcopy Winpe32 /j Wim 7.92GB 1:38 link 1Gbps
6305 VBS.copy Winpe32 Wim 7.92 1:21 link 1Gbps
6305 robocopy Winpe32 Wim 7.92 1:17 link 1Gbps
If you don't have robocopy.exe available, why not run it from the network share you are copying your files from? In my case, I prefer to do that so I don't have to rebuild my WinPE boot.wim file every time I want to make a change and then update dozens of flash drives.
This technet link has some good info for copying large files. I used an exchange server utility mentioned in the article which shows progress and uses non buffered copy functions internally for faster transfer.
In another scenario, I used robocopy. Robocopy GUI makes it easier to get your command line options right.
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