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Article #10Re: Slow file deletion
From: Dave J.
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:09
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:09
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In MsgID<ugc574tl2oa6pv04f9apfj2do02ufa526v@4ax.com> on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:20:19 +0100, in uk.comp.os.ms-windows, 'Anthony R. Gold' wrote: >>> I've just started with a new laptop - much like others except a bit more >>> memory (2GB) and faster HDD (7.2k SATA) under XP and one behaviour is >>> mystifying me - deleting very large files is very slow. By very large I >>> mean over 10GB(*) and by slow I mean over 15 minutes. >> >> It seems *possible* that doing the deletion from the Command Prompt >> might be quicker. > >I tried that - 50 minutes to delete a 25GB file. The only process showing >any activity was cmd.exe, the disk like flickered throughout the time but >the file size never showed any reduction until it went from 25GB to nil. I'd be interested to know (and I suppose if you're not into full diagnosis it might do as a bodge-fix) what happens if you type echo hello > filename.ext at a command prompt. It should overwrite the file with the string 'hello'. Also, just to rule out some interface faults, how quickly does it do a defrag? Dave J.
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