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

Add me to the list.....

I also have the problem of copy, move, delete being slow beyond belief. My system is a new tosiba laptop with windows 7 pro 64 bit, with an intel i7 processor (would never know it, my other 5 year old laptop running all the same apps and more in 32 bit is way faster, imagine my dissapointment there) anyway. I have tried all of the solutions in this thread and none have helped. I even tried to boot to command prompt and delete using the dos delete command.. all kinds of tweaks and fix's and nothing.... It took 22 hours to delete about 265 gig off of a 400 gig esata hard drive with nothing else on it...... It would have been faster to reformat or so I assume... . Again anyway I don't want too lay blame anywhere but I am glad (but not happy) that there seems to be alot of other people having the same problem.....

Hopfully if everyone who has the problem complains the Microsoft Gods will smile upon us with an admission and fix......?????

Please if anyone finds a solution that even helps a liitle ........ POST IT.........????

All I wanted is to add that after being windws7 for a while I have noticed it is very reliant on third party applications to run usefully! The delete is not the only function lacking!

windows 7 is hopelessly slow deleting/copying files, i have a very simple system. 1 hard drive no network attached , 1 user (me),

plenty of memory etc etc. its pathetic.

it is nothing to do with 3rd party software, viruses, drivers that they are trying to blame.

also what about the Search, how useless, crippled and confusing is that?

the only solution is use robocopy form the command line

or reboot to windows xp (which you have on a separate partition just in case right?

and do it from there.

and for searching use powerdesk file finder, it works exactly as expected. no indexing required.

an OS should be able to deal with files. thats mainly what its for. im angry and disappointed.

I am appalled at the fact that you would refer to your "wife", or should I say "servant", as being "thick as a brick" which you obviously are NOT "sad to say".  Because she doesn't have a Doctorate in Computer Engineering, sadly the reality is you're married to one of the millions of us who doesn't live on their computer.  We actually have a life outside of those who are keyboard-obsessed.

So, Mrs. Thick-as-a-Brick has questions regarding the computer (if she's allowed to use it)!  You believe somehow you're bestowed with superior computer skills.  Really?  You just admitted you're a "gamer" who knows where he puts everything (wow, did you get a gold star for that life-time achievement?)  You've even "dummied down" (NOT dumb down as above) your computer to make it a "game-focused machine".  Turning off "heaps of stuff" must make it more user-friendly which = EASY TO USE.  Since you state you "rarely use the search engine", I'm surprised you chose to purchase a computer at all.  Aren't there gaming systems available for exactly that purpose?  And you think your WIFE is TAAB?

I enjoy my computer for various reasons, but mainly research and communication.  I'm not computer savvy, but my husband is a computer programmer who respects me despite my lack of computer knowledge and is always patient with my many questions.  Using any derogatory remark(s) to describe my skill level, or lack thereof, would not cross his mind.

I pity your wife as I wonder if you take pleasure in belittling her.  Your user name sums you up quite well!