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Just to quantify the available gains :

For file compare or copy, Ram and processors are fast, disks are the limit.

When hopping from one directory to the other, the average latency exceeds half a platter rotation, which is 4.17ms at 7200rpm.

But with NCQ allowed on contiguous directories, disks ...

For "Small file" FC could use the same limit as NTFS does - might be 4kB, or 1 cluster, but I'm not sure.

Or a higher limit would also be meaningful, something like 1% of the available Ram for each file.

Processing separately the NTFS small files is an advantage because NTFS stores them on a ...

Happy new year!

When processing many small files , for instance when copying directories or comparing directories, FC (like so many programs) gets less fast due to the hard disk's access time to each file.

However, modern disks (most Scsi, S-Ata 2, and some P-Ata like Hitachi) allow to optimize ...

Happy new year!

Using or maintaining several Windows machines (95a-95b-98-98se-Me-2k), I would enjoy links at the download page of Free Commander to the latest version suitable for each Windows.

Thanks!