When comparing Fast Copy vs TeraCopy, the Slant community recommends TeraCopy for most people. In the question“What are the best Windows tools for copying and moving files?” TeraCopy is ranked 1st while Fast Copy is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose TeraCopy is:
It deletes files much much faster than built in Windows file manager.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Simple interface
Pro Portable option
Pro Different options for copying or moving based on different size or date, move to different drive, sync between drive/folders
Pro Super lightweight
Pro Auto-update option that can be used to update the program when it is installed or being used as a portable application
Pro Faster file deletion
It deletes files much much faster than built in Windows file manager.
Pro Can check files for copy errors
TeraCopy can automatically check/verify the copied files for errors, by calculating their CRC or other checksum/hash value.
Pro Seamless shell integration
Pro Skips badly copied files
TeraCopy skips badly copied files during the copying process, and then displays them at the end of the transfer "Verify" with checksum/hash, so you can see which files to re-copy. See also, OpenHashTab for Windows and DeadHash for Windows, Linux, Android.
Cons
Con The download site seems shady, but only because it is hosted in Japan
Con Sometimes clashes with 7 zip
From my experience, TeraCopy does not do well in conjunction with 7zips.
It seems to error on some systems when you do a drag-and-drop extract.