Teracopy - forget about the default windows copy handler

From the developer’s website, it says: TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features:

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• Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
• Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
• Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
• Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
• Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.
• Full Unicode support.

Let me say that I am quite impressed with its’ performance. I highly recommend it to replace the default windows copy handler. The copying ability of Teracopy is pretty much faster than Windows default. What you can copy in several minutes and hours can be chopped down by Teracopy in mere seconds or minutes. The interface is pretty cool too and gives out a detailed analysis of what file you are copying, even the errors and the date the file was modified. The only issue which I personally noticed with it is if you try to copy folders which have its’ personal set of icons and wallpaper. In this case like a Music folder which have a nice background of notes and the folder itself is distinguishable with an icon. You can copy all the files but the design you have for your folder would not be copied. It’s a trivial matter but nonetheless important for guys like myself who frequently tweak every folders and the Windows shell. I hope the guys over Code Sector can fix this in the next version. And by the way, I recommend the first version which is 1.22 and not the new 2.0 beta. The newest beta messed up my new system - so stick with the older version. All in all, Teracopy is a must-have.

Verdict: 8/10
Version: Ver. 1.22
Licence: Freeware, Pro version sports more features
Open Source: No
Installation Difficulty: Novice
Operating Systems: Windows XP, 2000, 2003 and Vista
Portable: No
Requirements: 500 Mhz CPU and 10mb memory free
Developer: Code Sector
Link: Teracopy