Vista - Re: Windows Vista slow file handling with large numbers of files.

07-03-2009

Have you checked wether indexing is active on the drive? I don't know that
this is the problem but it sounds like maybe you have some
allocation/pointer issues. Just a thought.

"Cynyster" <Cynyster@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ok this has got to be one of the more annoying problems for me . Even more
> than
> the random folder view every time you enter a folder.
>
> I have a foler that collects a large number of small files for a program
> that
> I use.. Typically they are under 50k in size but often there can be
> close to
> 200,000 in a single folder.
>
> If I want to delete one it can take several minutes to delete it...
>
> It will sit at "preparing to delete" for what seems like forever.
>
> The more files in a folder the longer it takes...
>
> Now my computer is arguably top of the line it has an intel s3200 MB
> with a
> xeon quad core and 4 gigs of ram and terrabyte hard drives.
>
> It should not take 15 minutes to delete 1,000 of the 200,000 files,
>
> Additionally these files are on a second internal physical drive and
> should
> have nothing to do with the rest of the system.
>
> Oh and one other note. Mass deleting files from a command prompt works
> fine.
> so if I want to delete everything in the folder via a command prompt it
> works
> as expected but if I try via windows explorer it takes forever.
>
> Has M$ come out with a patch for this yet? I am on service pack 2 of
> vista
> ultimate and it has all the updates that were presented via the update
> utility.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>

**kword88** · 07-04-2009

The copy process may stop responding when you try to copy files from a server on a network to a Windows Vista-based computer

i dont know if this will work for you, but i thought i would throw it out there just in case.this may help also:

vista calculating time remaining fix

07-03-2009	#1 (permalink)
Dennis Bryant BPC Solutions n/a posts	Re: Windows Vista slow file handling with large numbers of files. Have you checked wether indexing is active on the drive? I don't know that this is the problem but it sounds like maybe you have some allocation/pointer issues. Just a thought. "Cynyster" <Cynyster@xxxxxx> wrote in message newsart1of1.1.ZsAPiFDv84WwWg@xxxxxx Quote: > Ok this has got to be one of the more annoying problems for me . Even more > than > the random folder view every time you enter a folder. > > I have a foler that collects a large number of small files for a program > that > I use.. Typically they are under 50k in size but often there can be > close to > 200,000 in a single folder. > > If I want to delete one it can take several minutes to delete it... > > It will sit at "preparing to delete" for what seems like forever. > > The more files in a folder the longer it takes... > > Now my computer is arguably top of the line it has an intel s3200 MB > with a > xeon quad core and 4 gigs of ram and terrabyte hard drives. > > It should not take 15 minutes to delete 1,000 of the 200,000 files, > > Additionally these files are on a second internal physical drive and > should > have nothing to do with the rest of the system. > > Oh and one other note. Mass deleting files from a command prompt works > fine. > so if I want to delete everything in the folder via a command prompt it > works > as expected but if I try via windows explorer it takes forever. > > Has M$ come out with a patch for this yet? I am on service pack 2 of > vista > ultimate and it has all the updates that were presented via the update > utility. > > Thanks for any help > >
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07-04-2009	#2 (permalink)
kword88 vista ultimate 32bit,64bit,Seven Ultimate 64bit 342 posts	Re: Windows Vista slow file handling with large numbers of files. The copy process may stop responding when you try to copy files from a server on a network to a Windows Vista-based computer i dont know if this will work for you, but i thought i would throw it out there just in case.this may help also: vista calculating time remaining fix
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