<s>
This	O
article	O
provides	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
inbuilt	O
and	O
third	O
party	O
file	B-Application
copying	I-Application
and	O
moving	O
software	B-Application
-	O
utilities	B-Application
and	O
other	O
software	B-Application
used	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
computer	B-Application
file	I-Application
management	I-Application
,	O
to	O
explicitly	O
move	O
and	O
copy	B-Application
files	I-Application
and	O
other	O
data	B-General_Concept
on	O
demand	O
from	O
one	O
location	O
to	O
another	O
on	O
a	O
storage	B-General_Concept
device	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	B-Application
copying	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fundamental	O
operation	O
for	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
popular	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
smartphone	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
contain	O
built-in	O
file	B-Application
copying	I-Application
functions	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
(	O
CLI	O
)	O
and	O
graphical	O
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
interfaces	O
to	O
filing	B-Application
system	I-Application
copy	O
and	O
move	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
these	O
can	O
be	O
replaced	O
or	O
supplemented	O
by	O
third-party	O
software	B-Application
for	O
different	O
,	O
extended	O
,	O
or	O
improved	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
article	O
lists	O
inbuilt	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
external	O
software	B-Application
designed	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
software	B-Application
designed	O
to	O
copy	B-Application
,	I-Application
clone	I-Application
,	I-Application
image	I-Application
or	O
author	B-Application
entire	O
storage	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
CDs	B-Device
,	O
DVDs	O
,	O
Blu-ray	O
disks	O
,	O
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
and	O
storage	B-Application
device	I-Application
partitions	I-Application
,	O
back	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
data	I-Protocol
,	O
copiers	O
that	O
work	O
on	O
storage	O
devices	O
as	O
a	O
logical	O
unit	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
general	O
file	B-Application
managers	I-Application
and	O
other	O
utilities	B-Application
related	O
to	O
file	B-Application
copying	I-Application
software	B-Application
,	O
please	O
see	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
comparable	O
operating	O
functionality	O
seen	O
across	O
file	B-Application
copying	I-Application
programs	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Program	O
flow	O
and	O
algorithms	O
:	O
multi-threading	B-Operating_System
,	O
buffering	B-General_Concept
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
speed/priority	O
,	O
interruption/restart	O
handling	O
,	O
atomicity/integrity	O
assurance	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
algorithms	O
that	O
affect	O
efficiency	O
of	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
function	O
here	O
relates	O
to	O
options	O
determining	O
whether	O
the	O
underlying	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
will	O
be	O
requested	O
to	O
perform	O
a	O
move	O
operation	O
,	O
a	O
copy	O
operation	O
,	O
or	O
create	O
or	O
delete	O
a	O
new	O
junction	O
point	O
(	O
hard	B-Application
link	I-Application
)	O
,	O
if	O
this	O
will	O
meet	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
requested	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
they	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
available	O
when	O
the	O
source	O
and	O
destination	O
are	O
on	O
different	O
logical	B-General_Concept
devices	I-General_Concept
or	O
on	O
devices	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
easily	O
allow	O
moving	O
of	O
existing	O
data	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Generic	O
differentiators	O
and	O
functions	O
as	O
software	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
choice	O
:	O
cross	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
?	O
</s>
<s>
Gizmo	O
's	O
Freeware	O
published	O
a	O
basic	O
comparison	O
review	O
of	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
well-known	O
third	O
party	O
file	B-Application
copying	I-Application
software	B-Application
on	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FastCopy	B-Application
was	O
given	O
top	O
place	O
,	O
being	O
highest	O
speed	O
and	O
also	O
light	O
on	O
system	O
resources	O
(	O
the	O
author	B-Application
states	O
it	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
cache	O
to	O
avoid	O
slowing	O
other	O
software	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Win32	B-Library
API	I-Library
and	O
C	B-Language
runtime	I-Language
rather	O
than	O
MFC	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultracopier	B-Application
was	O
recognised	O
as	O
having	O
a	O
well-developed	O
GUI	B-Application
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeraCopy	B-Application
was	O
also	O
mentioned	O
below	O
these	O
as	O
also	O
worth	O
considering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
recently	O
,	O
Raymond	O
CC	O
's	O
blog	O
reviewed	O
a	O
similar	O
range	O
of	O
software	B-Application
on	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
XP	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
and	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
ranked	O
FastCopy	B-Application
as	O
the	O
overall	O
speed	O
winner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
commands	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
third-party	O
file	O
transfer	O
software	B-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
