How to use Windows 8's cool new file-copy feature

Let's say you're moving a bunch of stuff to an external hard drive. As usual, the process goes: drag, drop, and wait. The initial good news is that you'll be waiting less: Windows 8 is generally faster at copying files.

But take a closer look at the file-copy dialog box that appears. For starters, if you click theMore details arrow, you're treated to a real-time progress meter that graphs the current and total speed of the copy process. Neat!

You may also notice there's now a pause button. It's true: Windows 8 lets you pause file copies. It's not something you'll probably need to do very often, but it's nice to have the option.

Indeed, as Chris Hoffman points out in How to add Windows 8's best desktop features to Windows 7, "Windows 8’s file-copy dialog box may be its biggest desktop improvement. It brings all copying and moving processes into a single window, tosses in a pause button, deals with file conflicts more intelligently, and is just plain faster than before."

He goes on to note that jealous Windows 7 users should check out the third-party utility TeraCopy, a recommendation I definitely second.
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