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

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-07-08T21:04:05+00:00

    my solution: Kill explorer.exe and delete the unwanted big file with a third party filemanager. It takes only the time to kill the process explorer.exe.

    After this, restart the process.

    I admit, it's a work around, but it does the job.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-06-23T14:41:47+00:00

    I agree with the notion that Microsoft should fix this. What is the delete calculating in any case? As a person who deletes a lot of bit files why should I have to go off to lunch to delete a 20GB file?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-03-07T03:01:49+00:00

    not even close to a good answer.  we are talking about win 7 acting like a dinosaur XP is way faster, my guess new feature so it is set to the worse setting until you learn how use 7 better.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-07-20T09:30:51+00:00

    Boot to safe mode and run a virus scan??? Jeez!

    I have been having this problem too, since installing win7.  In addition, after copy operations, many times I will compare the folders with a third party comparison tool like Free Commander, and half of my files were not copied properly.  Glad I didn't delete the original copy!

    I will definitely try turning off the archive attribute in my files.  But the "allow indexing" option is kind of needed.  As a matter of fact, the archive attribute is needed for backup software too. What a drag to turn it off before every large operation.

    Better yet, however, STOP USING WINDOWS EXPLORER!

    Please fix this, and the Bluetooth dongle problem, Microsoft!

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  5. Anonymous
    2010-01-20T20:22:37+00:00

    They know if there is any solution to this problem??

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