{"id":2763,"date":"2017-09-11T13:04:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T07:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:43:39","slug":"pause-resume-file-copy-operation-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/pause-resume-file-copy-operation-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Pause &#038; resume file copy operation in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Pause and resume file copy\/backup operation using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HZtUM8loG0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During your file copy process, you may get a warning for high CPU and disk usage. The best thing would be to pause the copy for a while until the other tasks are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Copywhiz, if you wish to hold the file copying process, you can <strong>pause and then resume right from the point where you paused it<\/strong>. This way, you do not lose the integrity of the file being copied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not possible with Windows <strong>Xcopy tool<\/strong>. However, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a>, a file copy software for Windows. It is really easy and straightforward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Copywhiz?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> enhances your file-copy experience by letting you to have more flexibility &amp; control over the file copying and backup process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copywhiz<\/a> makes file copying a breeze: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copy only new or modified files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easily pick files by name, extension, folder etc from bunch of folders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatically organize files based on file attributes and metadata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files to multiple folders\/computers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copy files from multiple folders and paste them at once<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sync files between source and destination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick files from multiple folders and compress in single .zip file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedule file backups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify copied files for data integrity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retain security attributes of files &amp; folders (ownership\/user access)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Features\" target=\"_blank\">Several more hidden nuggets<\/a>&nbsp;designed to make your file-copy task easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to Pause &amp; Resume file copy using Copywhiz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch a short video depicting this feature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Windows: Pause and resume file copy\/backup operation using Copywhiz\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HZtUM8loG0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more tutorial videos, <a title=\"Copywhiz Tutorial Videos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/Copywhiz\/Videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Transcription<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/copywhiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Copywhiz<\/a> lets you to pause and resume file copy in Windows. It lets shutdown automatically\/hibernate\/sleep after a file copy. It even silently copies files without prompts &amp; error messages. A Log file is also generated. You can Change file copy speed to improve performance. Also, view progress for each file being copied.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screenshot_Other_Features.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screenshot_Other_Features.png 550w, https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screenshot_Other_Features-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is easy to understand and do it, as shown here. Try it out today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest advantage of using Copywhiz is that you can take <strong>automatic backups of your files and folders<\/strong>! 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The best thing would be to pause the copy for a while until the other tasks are completed. With Copywhiz, if you wish to hold the file copying process, you can pause and then resume right from the point &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/pause-resume-file-copy-operation-in-windows-using-an-xcopy-alternative-replacement-tool\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pause &#038; resume file copy operation in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-2763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copywhiz","tag-xcopy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8524,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions\/8524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}