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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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dear sir,
yeah Microsoft suggests this quite a bit, this boot into Safe Mode, but this guy has very little installed, it's a file transfer problem, you can find several threads on the same subject, File Transfer Speeds, it's a hang, these people like the one here have fresh installs, pretty much a 'naked' OS and they're running into this problem. Your solutions will not solve the problem overall, it's beyond you, may even be related to the kernel
I'd would like to also say: it seems like Kumar's solution is to separate directories prior to deletion? are you kidding me?!
I hope I read it wrong: "It is taking a huge amount of time to delete files." " A). When deleting a file, the calculation time depends on not only the file size but the file number of its folder. It is recommended to separate to multiple sub-folders if you have a large number of video/music files.", when you have a large number of video/music files...what? for deletion, for moving, for playing, I assume you mean for deletion, recommed to separate to multiple sub-folders, that's the recommendation
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Hi,
We updated our network to Windows 7 and Server 2008R264 at the end of last year. Deleting files is pathetic on both systems. In fact, if I am doing any form of major deletion I connect to the network share with a Linux box and delete files, The process is instant. I have no idea what sort of clever things MS is trying to do but it simply isn't required. i want to delete a file so just delete it.
Don't get me me started on the subject of folder redirection, group policies,user profiles, licensing or Windows 7 deployment.Sure it all looks pretty but I would rather it works.
