Fastest way to move files on a Windows System [closed]

Answer 1

Try using WinRar or a zipping tool. Big "files" are moved quicker than lots of small ones. Most zipping tools allow to split the archive(zip) files into multiple archives.

You might even reduce the size a bit when you turn on compression.

Answer 2

Robocopy

You can restart the command and it'll resume. I use it all the time over the network. Works on large files as well.

Answer 3

One of the fastest way to copy files is use robocopy as pointed by Pyrolistical in above post. its very flexible and powerful. If command doesn't work from your dos prompt directly then try with powershell option like below example.

Must Check the documentation for this command before using it "robocopy /?".

powershell "robocopy  'Source' 'destination' /E /R:3 /W:10 /FP /MT:25 /V" 

/E - Copy subdirectory including empty ones.
/R - Retry 3 times if failed.
/W - wait for 10 seconds between retries.
/FP - include full path name in output.
/MT - Multi thread.
/V - verbose output.

Answer 4

I would physically move the hard dsk if possible.