Originally Posted By: hybrid8
Again, file copying with DirOpus was orders of magnitude faster. I used it only as a work-around though. I wouldn't dream of telling a relative computer novice that they needed to use an alternate/replacement file manager instead of Explorer because the $1300 they just dropped on a machine wasn't enough to be able to copy files between disks.

You're correct about that. But I'd again urge you to look into Teracopy. It won't hurt even the novice user (my mom doesn't even notice it). It simply replaces the default Explorer file copy mechanism.
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Matt