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"Calculating time remaining" when moving files/folders
  1. #1


    just bob Guest

    "Calculating time remaining" when moving files/folders

    My last thread perhaps was not to the point

    My problem is, when I drag and drop to move a folder of 20GB of photos to a
    different subfolder on my C drive of my Dell D820 laptop running Vista
    Ultimate, there is a dialog box which says "Calculating time remaining".

    My work is in these folders so I am very concerned. I have done some testing
    moving this folder around and it seems consistently take about 30 seconds
    for the "Calculating" dialog box to go away and begin actually moving the
    files.



    In WindowsXP I could do this and the folder and files were moved
    immediately. Is there a way to get this same peace of mind and performance
    in Windows Vista?

    Thank you,
    -Bob


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  2. #2


    Synapse Syndrome Guest

    Re: "Calculating time remaining" when moving files/folders


    "just bob" <kilbyfan-aol@net.com> wrote in message
    news:evUJ5E3XHHA.4940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
    > My last thread perhaps was not to the point
    >
    > My problem is, when I drag and drop to move a folder of 20GB of photos to
    > a different subfolder on my C drive of my Dell D820 laptop running Vista
    > Ultimate, there is a dialog box which says "Calculating time remaining".
    >
    > My work is in these folders so I am very concerned. I have done some
    > testing moving this folder around and it seems consistently take about 30
    > seconds for the "Calculating" dialog box to go away and begin actually
    > moving the files.
    >
    > In WindowsXP I could do this and the folder and files were moved
    > immediately. Is there a way to get this same peace of mind and performance
    > in Windows Vista?



    There has been disussions about this a lot here over the last three months.
    It happens when deleting stuff as well. Hopefully MS will fix this soon
    with an update, as this current state of affairs is appaling. I can't wait
    for SP1.

    ss.



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  3. #3


    Xenomorph Guest

    Re: "Calculating time remaining" when moving files/folders

    so what are you going to do when SP1 comes out and none of the issues people
    have get addressed?


    --
    http://xenomorph.net/


    "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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    >
    > There has been disussions about this a lot here over the last three
    > months. It happens when deleting stuff as well. Hopefully MS will fix
    > this soon with an update, as this current state of affairs is appaling. I
    > can't wait for SP1.
    >
    > ss.



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  4. #4


    Synapse Syndrome Guest

    Re: "Calculating time remaining" when moving files/folders


    "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
    news:BC231B37-FBE6-4470-8728-975CD42BAD4F@microsoft.com...
    > so what are you going to do when SP1 comes out and none of the issues
    > people have get addressed?
    >


    I'll kick you arse

    ss.



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