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| | Slow File copying I tried to copy a directory containing 4062 files and 7.76 GB ( so vista tells me). Vista is telling it will take 9 hours to complete the copy, Ok some nice clever person please explain what is going on. |
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| | Re: Slow File copying On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:05:03 +0100, chas wrote: > I tried to copy a directory containing 4062 files and 7.76 GB ( so vista > tells me). Vista is telling it will take 9 hours to complete the copy, > Ok some nice clever person please explain what is going on. Estimated time calculations, in my opinion, is "not quite baked." The wild times it displays are well, just wild. It's unfortunate but as long as operations continue and complete (in a much more reasonable timeframe than what's displayed), I choose to ignore it and continue to hope that this gets fixed. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User |
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| | RE: Slow File copying In my experience file transfer time estimates may be a little exagerated but file transfers are painfully slow on both my machines running Vista. Does anyone know how to speed it up? -- keymotion "chas" wrote: > I tried to copy a directory containing 4062 files and 7.76 GB ( so vista > tells me). Vista is telling it will take 9 hours to complete the copy, > Ok some nice clever person please explain what is going on. > |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Slow File copying Hi all, Go to this link below and do this section: Enabling Advanced performance: It will show you how to increase your hard drive performance to help with file transfering. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59886-hard-drive-speed-boosts.html?ltr=H Hope this helps you, Shawn |
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| | Re: Slow File copying "brink" wrote: > > Hi all, > > Go to this link below and do this section: > ENABLING ADVANCED PERFORMANCE: > > It will show you how to increase your hard drive performance to help > with file transfering. > > 'http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59886-hard-drive-speed-boosts.html?ltr=H' > (http://tinyurl.com/2rpdy6) > > Hope this helps you, > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com) > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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| | Re: Slow File copying hi this link is for an earlier windows version not vista. as the control panel is very different now. i have had the problem with slow file copying, it really annoying i think microsoft should fix this problem. on xp it would have done this in seconds now it takes half an hour!!!!! there must be a fix it for this problem. is it something to do with the security settings! thanks tracey. "brink" wrote: > > Hi all, > > Go to this link below and do this section: > ENABLING ADVANCED PERFORMANCE: > > It will show you how to increase your hard drive performance to help > with file transfering. > > 'http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59886-hard-drive-speed-boosts.html?ltr=H' > (http://tinyurl.com/2rpdy6) > > Hope this helps you, > Shawn > > > -- > brink > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* > '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com) > *Please post feedback to help others.* > |
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| | Re: Slow File copying Holtchas It works for Vista if you follow the instructions. You must open Control Panel in the Classic View. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "holtchas" <holtchas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03242B10-DB63-46D2-B4FD-0B5A0905C363@microsoft.com... > hi this link is for an earlier windows version not vista. as the control > panel is very different now. > i have had the problem with slow file copying, it really annoying i think > microsoft should fix this problem. on xp it would have done this in > seconds > now it takes half an hour!!!!! > there must be a fix it for this problem. > is it something to do with the security settings! > thanks > tracey. > > "brink" wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> Go to this link below and do this section: >> ENABLING ADVANCED PERFORMANCE: >> >> It will show you how to increase your hard drive performance to help >> with file transfering. >> >> 'http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59886-hard-drive-speed-boosts.html?ltr=H' >> (http://tinyurl.com/2rpdy6) >> >> Hope this helps you, >> Shawn >> >> >> -- >> brink >> >> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* >> '_www.Vistax64.com_' (http://www.vistax64.com/www.Vistax64.com) >> *Please post feedback to help others.* >> |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Slow File copying hi this link is for an earlier windows version not vista. as the control panel is very different now. i have had the problem with slow file copying, it really annoying i think microsoft should fix this problem. on xp it would have done this in seconds now it takes half an hour!!!!! there must be a fix it for this problem. is it something to do with the security settings! thanks tracey. The "Classic View" is at the upper left corner of the Control Panel. Click on it to see the icons. Hope this helps, Shawn |
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| | Re: Slow File copying Hi, Chas. This has improved since the beta, but it still needs work. My theory (It's really just a guess, but "theory" sounds so much more sophisticated!) is that the algorithm sees how much time the first file transfer takes, then multiplies that by the number of files left. If the first file is only 1 byte, then we get a very short estimated time. But if that first file is a 1 GB monster, we see the "9 hours" estimate - and we panic! Just wait. If the second file is short, then the estimate will come down quickly. It seems to me that a smart programmer should be able to interpolate and synthesize (lots of big words today) and calculate an estimate based on a combination of the number of files and their total size. But until that programmer - or "some nice clever person" - finishes the job, we're stuck with the wild - and wildly fluctuating - estimates. All we can really do, anyhow, is wait until it is done. :^{ RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64) "chas" <chas756@aintispannnn.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:e#Y3aXFpHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I tried to copy a directory containing 4062 files and 7.76 GB ( so vista >tells me). Vista is telling it will take 9 hours to complete the copy, Ok >some nice clever person please explain what is going on. |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Slow File copying Hi R.C. White, You should see what I get for a estimated time of completion for a complete hard drive backup to a couple of dvds. First it says a few days, then it counts down to several hours, finally only taking about 40 minutes or so. (haha) Shawn |
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