DISCLAIMERīefore I go any further, it’s time for the annoying part of disclaimers and whatnot. The full documentation for it is at and I’d advise you to read it before using it – as it can be dangerous and can delete files as well as copy them. It functionally replaces XCOPY whilst giving a lot more options. If you used to use XCOPY in DOS days – the following will be very familiar. Rather than deal with that pain, I chose an inbuilt tool in Windows – ROBOCOPY – short for Robust Copy. It’s quick & dirty and sometimes doesn’t work how you want it. Windows File Copy is a pain in some respects. I’ve more than my fair share of file copy issues those devices too. When dealing with bulk data volumes, or even volumes with lots of nested folders, Windows file copy has been known to die halfway through without trying.Īnd Mac users can stop laughing too. Migrating data on the cheap – using RoboCopyĬopying data is something that – on the face of it – is a very simple thing. Getting the data over (or how I learned to love ROBOCOPY).My name is Kevin and I’m a serial storage hoarder.Getting Data onto my new Drobo using RoboCopy

Fastcopy vs robocopy