Recent content by SamNYC

You can turn on FastCopy's error checking/verification and it's still a lot faster on my computer. As I mentioned in my other message, your mileage may vary but unless Windows makes major improvement to File Explorer, I'm not going back. FastCopy has a permanent spot on my taskbar, right next to...

As you know, I usually preface my posts with I'm a newbie. That's certainly the case now. I haven't done the calculations of FastCopy vs File Explorer but on my buggy computer, it's a lot faster and much more stable. I often run 2, 3 or even 4 FastCopy sessions simultaneously (I have 8 drives...

The fastest way by far would be to remove the source drive, put it into an external drive enclosure, then plug it into the destination PC using USB 3.x (don't even think about transferring so much data with USB 2.x!). An external 2.5" drive enclosure can cost a little as $4 on eBay. 3.5"...

Thanks for the update and info. When I was having similar problems, I decided to bypass Explorer altogether and use an app to copy/move files. The fastest by far is a Japanese freeware, FastCopy. The interface isn't pretty, and some of instructions are poorly translated, but the program copies...

I'm not smart enough to help you but I've had a few computer catastrophes and the first thing I did was to back up the hard drive. Remove the hard drives and put then into an external drive enclosure or hard drive dock. Then find yourself another computer and copy as much data as you can (or...

Please note that this isn't strictly correct. The question asked if they can delete the original data, aka files, not the source folder (Folder1) that the files are in. This is an important distinction if there are more files in in Folder1 that they didn't want to move. In that case, you do not...

If you're positive that the data has been copied, yes. But there's no reason to Copy the data, which puts extra wear on the drive. It's better to Cut (Move) the files, using Ctrl-X then Ctrl-V into Folder2. Since both folders are on the same drive, no data is actually moved. The HD merely has to...

The temp files are being used by your system to update things. You'd have to ask the manufacturer what they do. As for the files being unavailable, it's an annoying quirk I face all the time. For whatever reason, File Explorer is not refreshing itself quickly or frequently enough so that the...

Are you sure you have Dolby Access installed on your computer? Due to a licensing deal between Dolby Labs and Microsoft, the software is hardcoded into the Windows menus regardless if the software is actually installed onto your drive. Many unsuspecting users have complained that they can't...

That happened to an old computer of mine. It didn't have a separate video card so it shared memory with the main system. It was determined that the problem was caused by corrupted memory. In my case, it was a software issue where a certain app was not flushing memory correctly. Since you have a...

Not sure why you got .json in the results. Have you tried putting quotes around ".jpg"? That usually tightens the search. You can also add "-json" (without quotes) to the search to omit anything with "json." If that doesn't eliminate non-JPGs, first do the search, as you've done. Then make...

Your problem is that you use Yahoo. One of the major reasons Google overtook the search engine war was because they offered a page with nothing but a search field. In contrast, then-leader Yahoo blasted you with news and multimedia. Most consumers decided they just wanted a search engine, not a...

Also, do you have any wireless devices connected to your computer through Bluetooth or a dongle? Once, I had forgotten to disable a cordless mouse that I couldn't find. When I used my corded mouse, the lost mouse was still sending signals, causing unintended movements and button presses. It...

I've had bizarre scrolling issues before but they've spontaneously resolved themselves. At worst, I needed to reboot. I can't give you a good diagnosis but here are two suggestions. Since the issue is mostly Firefox specific, have your looked at the extensions or plugins? One of them may be the...

There's nothing you really need to do. Win 11 offers a few practical features, but it also removed a few features I like. So in the user's end, not having Win 11 is not so terrible. In fact, I find myself using my Win10 computer more than my Win 11 one. Admittedly, there are probably all kinds...