【How-to】Why is robocopy better than just copy

You can simply drag and drop with the GUI, use PowerShell (the old-school copy command) and also use a handy tool called robocopy. … Robocopy (or Robust File Copy) for Windows is a useful utility built into Windows that allows you to efficiently copy or transfer one, 10 or 1,000,0000 files and folders all in one go.