TechNet Utility Spotlight - RichCopy

In the April 2009 print version of Technet magazine, one of the Utility Spotlights is RichCopy.

In another posts, I have mentioned that I have had some issues getting Robocopy to copy files from one internal HD to and external HD on a W2K8 box, so I decided to give RichCopy a test drive.

After the 'no-brainer'/default install, and a quick setup for repeatable jobs, I was able to do the needed "poor-man's" backup that I was NOT able to do with Robocopy!

Another very interesting aspect of RichCopy, is that multiple "treads" can and are used to reduce the copy time between source and destination.

I am still testing RichCopy, but for an out-of-the-box experience, I would recommend it!

In another interesting side note, take a look at the read me that comes with the unzipped/installed package!

- Andrew