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Article #9Re: Slow file deletion
From: Dr J R Stockton
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:39
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:39
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In demon.tech.pc message <mid274dd90hk07ftjqdhlr66utuj7off11@4ax.com>, Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:29:40, Anthony R. Gold <not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk> posted: >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. Also, do you have anything, XP not excluded, which might wipe the deleted area by repeated overwriting? Those two suggestions are probably mutually incompatible. -- (c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. ?@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05. Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> - w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms PAS EXE etc : <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/programs/> - see 00index.htm Dates - miscdate.htm moredate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.
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