External HDD to SSD - 29 seconds at 68MB/s avg.I used a 1.83GB Linux Mint ISO and ensured no apps were running in the background (apart from Notepad where I was saving the results). There are a few plugins available on the GitHub page for additional functionality. You can manually tweak the performance settings (threads and buffer), I didn't because I wanted to review the program with its default settings. These aren't crucial options, though it's nice to have some control. The Copy Engine tab has some nice options such as "Transfer the file rights, Keep the file date, move the whole folder, follow the strict order, and create full path if it doesn't exist". It's pretty straightforward, you add files and folders, manage the queuing order and start the transfer. The add transfer option brings up the Ultracopier pop-up window into view and you will need to click on More to access the transfer pane. All require that you select the source and destination folders. The menu here has two primary sections: Add copy/moving and Options. Add copy/moving has three more options: Add copy, Add transfer and Add Move. The program's secondary interface can be accessed from the system tray icon. ![]() The interface has a line of text (which is in fact a link) that requests you to buy the Ultimate version to support the development. Note: Though the program is free and open source, a premium version is available as well. Frankly, these are some of my favorite features in copier applications. The developer has promised to add these back in the future. The option to pause the copy doesn't work and speed limit isn't functioning either. The Ultracopier interface is displayed during the process it displays the source and destination folder, progress information, the amount of data that is left to copy, the remaining time (this was completely inaccurate during my tests similarly to how Windows cannot provide a good estimate of the remaining time), and the transfer speed in MB/s.Ī click on the more button brings up options, but you may also access it through the tray icon > Add copy/moving > Add transfer option.Īt the moment Ultracopier v2 is missing a few features which were present in v1, e.g. Whenever you run copy, move, cut, and paste operations, Ultracopier is used instead of the native Windows copy functionality. Once installed, Ultracopier replaces the Windows Explorer's copying functionality with its own. The developer did acknowledge the issue and resolved it the GitHub page is still up even though it could have been deleted easily. When I was halfway through the reviewing process, I discovered that the developer added a Bitcoin Miner to a specific version of the program a few years ago to support development this was discovered by a user and the developer removed the miner from the application afterwards.Ī Virustotal scan shows that the installer is clean, there are no hits at the time of writing. And like its predecessor, Ultracopier is an open source project. It is the official replacement for Supercopier. Recently while looking around GitHub I came across Ultracopier. There are alternative options such as TeraCopy or Total Copier which have been around for a long time, but even if you run copy job after copy job, you may end up waiting a long time. Windows 10 does offer a pause/resume option in File Explorer which makes it a tad easier. Depending on the read/write speed of your drives, it could take a long time to run them simultaneously. If you're like me, you probably have multiple copying tasks running sometimes. I learned long ago that using native Windows copy functionality may not be the best approach as jobs may take a long time to process.
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