Windows 10 PC Freezes While Copying Files, What To Do?

• Simply hit the Cancel button on the File Copying ‘pop-up box’.
• You can also hit the Close button to stop the process once and for all.
• Hit the ‘Yes’ button to confirm your action and proceed.
• Select all your files/folders again which you need to copy to the target location and retry the process.
• Keep patience and let the file copying process get completed!

Didn’t help much? Try the next method to fix Windows 10 Freezing issue, without losing data.

• Launch the Task Manager. You can press the shortcut keys (CTRL + ALT + DEL).
• From the Task Manager window, locate the apps and services that are consuming lots of resources.
• Right-click on the same and hit the End Task option to finish the process.

As soon as your CPU gets free, Windows 10 Stuck issues should also be resolved automatically. After that, you can try the file copying process again. Hopefully, your PC won’t get stuck now!

• To check your hard drive for bad sectors without using any third-party utility, all you have to do is: Launch Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.
• Type the command line: CHKDSK.
• Add a space and type the name of the disk you wish to check.

(For example CHKDSK C) – To perform a check on C Drive.

• Hit the Enter button to execute the command line.

This will automatically check and repair if any bad sectors are found. For more help, you can refer to our complete guide on how to fix hard disk errors on Windows?

• Go to the Search bar and type Windows Features.
• Click on the result – Turn Windows Features on or off.
• From the next pop-up, find and uncheck the option ‘Remote Differential Compression API Support’.
• Hit the OK button and restart your computer to save and implement the new changes.

• Additionally, you can turn off thumbnail functionality too. This will certainly speed up the copying process on your Windows 10 PC. To do so:
• Open File Explorer and click View > hit Option button. This will open a new dialog folder.
• Check the option ‘Always show icons, never thumbnail’.
• Hit the Apply > OK button to save the new alterations.

Try the copying process again and hope you don’t get your Windows 10 stuck again.

• Install & launch Advanced Disk Recovery.

• Once installed, select the drive you wish to scan for lost or missing files.

• As soon as you hit the Start Scan Now button. You need to select the desired scanning mode: Quick Scan or Deep Scan. Hit the Scan Now option!

• Advanced Disk Recovery will take a few moments to find and list all your deleted, lost & missing files. Click on Recover button.
• Select the location where you would like to save your lost/missing files. Make sure you do not select the same drive from where you are recovering your files.