Windows 7, Deleting Large files is extremely slow. (Not going to recycle bin, permanent delete)

Anonymous
2009-12-13T14:37:28+00:00

It is taking a huge amount of time to delete files.

The files are not going to recycle bin (I am hold shift while hitting the Delete key)

Also I have even tried shutting off the recycle bin

I have timed a few of these

Single file delete, 2.6 gb, 2 minutes 14 seconds

Single file delete, 1.9 gb, 1 minutes 44 seconds

Single file delete, 230 mb, 0 minutes 24 seconds

Most of the time the dialog window that pops up says "Calculating..."

Judging by the times, This has something to do with file size.

I get similar time when I delete from the command prompt.

Windows XP would do permanent deletes and moves (on the same drive) in a split second, especially since we are talking about one file.

I work with large image files regularly. I can't wait 2 plus minutes every time I delete one of these files when I may have to move or delete a few hundred at a time.

I am getting very frustrated with Windows 7.

So far...

I have disabled Remote Differential Compression (RDC)

I have disabled TCP AutoTuning and Receive Side Scaling

                netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled (AND)

                netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled  (And rebooted)

There are no removable drives, USB devices, or other attached devices other that the keyboard and mouse.

I have disabled

Windows Search and Indexing

I am viewing "Details" only in windows explorer (No Thumbnails)

I have shut off IPv6 support (I read about it somewhere but I believe it was to do with network operations, but I tried it anyway)

Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface is disabled

All Drivers are up to date.

I have completely wiped the drive and reloaded the OS.

This is on a 1tb storage drive, no RAID, 3gb SATA drive (Seagate 7200.12)

Windows 7 64bit (Windows experience is listed as 6.1)

Intel i5 processor with 4gig memory

Fresh install, fast hard drive (OS).

Avast AV

Not much else running

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-05-03T20:39:10+00:00

    I've tried everything in this thread and the problem still exests (Windows 7 x64).  Specifically, I'm trying to cleanup an uninstall of the Chrome browser and I'm trying to delete  a directory within the INDEXEDDB directory.  The problem is that it has over 92,000,000 (YES, 92 MILLION) freaking files!

     

    No, it's not a corrupt directory or a trashed drive.  Several tests including CHKDSK and everything is fine hardware wise.  The files are a "known operating feature" of the browser.

     

    The problem is that the pre-processing takes forever, we're talking about millions of files here.

     

    Gosh, I miss the old DELTREE command...

    For the whole dir in File Attributes uncheck both "File is ready for archiving" and  "Allow this file to have contents indexed in addition to file."  Then try Del /S from the command prompt for that dir.  I had a 19 GB file the was stuck at "Calculating..." for over an hour.  So I rebooted and did the above then the del at the command prompt.  It still took a few mins to do but at least it wasn't hours.

    hth

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-05-03T19:46:14+00:00

    I've tried everything in this thread and the problem still exests (Windows 7 x64).  Specifically, I'm trying to cleanup an uninstall of the Chrome browser and I'm trying to delete  a directory within the INDEXEDDB directory.  The problem is that it has over 92,000,000 (YES, 92 MILLION) freaking files!

    No, it's not a corrupt directory or a trashed drive.  Several tests including CHKDSK and everything is fine hardware wise.  The files are a "known operating feature" of the browser.

    The problem is that the pre-processing takes forever, we're talking about millions of files here.

    Gosh, I miss the old DELTREE command...

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-04-15T15:19:37+00:00

    I found that the following enables you to copy / delete files with far less bother - thing get going instantaneously

    • Control panel
    • Programs
    • Turn Windows features On or Off
    • Remove the tick form Remote Differential compression

    HTH

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-04-05T15:06:04+00:00

    Hey photographer LiathWW: Buy an USB external card reader. MUCH faster than relying on the little processor in the camera, and no drivers to install. Betcha XCOPY will work on it too. Most CDs that come with cameras should be treated like the ones given to you by your ISP: They should be carefully folded in half before use. :-)

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-04-05T15:01:41+00:00

    And so, here we are in 2012, and yet, after installing Win7Pro(64-bit), all updates applied), I download an install, and run it. Typically, it creates an unwanted desktop shortcut. So I have 2 things to delete: The shortcut and the .exe installer.

    The shortcut takes about 15-20 sec to get ready to delete, and 5 or more to actually delete.

    Deleting the installer was worse. I thought at first it was going to tell me it was in use (I ckecked processes; no, nothing running). FINALLY it gets around for aking my permission, and then the delete takes a ridiculous amount of time too.

    The added joy: It's not reliably repeatable. I can create folders and delete them in seconds. Likewise downloaded things, empty files, and anything else I can think of.  

    Had a long look at the hotfix  kb/980382 but it does not seem to apply (the folders in my case had one (1!) file in each folder, so I am reluctant to apply it.

    --

     /PJF

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