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    Vista taking a long time to copy files

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Amol, Dec 4, 2007.

  1. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    This has been bothering me for a long time. Moving files is generally very slow on my computer. Especially when it's something like 16 ~250MB files. Highly noticeable when I move them from one drive to another [for example from my flash drive to my hard drive].

    For example:

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    Screenshot taken while transfering shown files from a WD Passport 250GB to another 3.5" external HDD

    My instinct tells me that this is unusual. What's going on?

    Edit/Addendum: When I'm copying from one partition to another on the same drive, everything is pretty snappy.
     
    Amol, Dec 4, 2007
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  2. techguy2k7

    techguy2k7 Notebook Evangelist

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    there's a hotfix for this, google "vista file copy hotfix"
     
    techguy2k7, Dec 4, 2007
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  3. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    well, also remember that your going from external usb to external usb..... so it will be alot slower... idk if that slow is correct, but...
     
    aan310, Dec 4, 2007
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  4. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    I had already done that. It was part of Windows Update.

    I tried to copy 5 files [~1GB total] from my hard drive to my external. Stays at "Calculating time remaining" for a long time and now it says "0 seconds remaining" but the bar is not moving =/

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    Moving shown files from HDD to 3.5" Seagate External

    I'm pretty sure it can do better than 875KB/sec. Copying from one external to another external is faster! :p
     
    Amol, Dec 4, 2007
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  5. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Make sure to check Windows Update (again).

    Also, did you make sure you got the latest Performance and compatibility updates? There was an updated version of KB941649 (KB941649-V2).

    I think you can also speed things up by selecting "Enable Advanced Performance" under your HDD properities. Link
     
    ScifiMike12, Dec 5, 2007
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  6. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Yarp, did all that. Fail™. :(

    I'm going to say that Vista needs to Do Better™
     
    Amol, Dec 5, 2007
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    macchappy Newbie

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    Lucky, mine is slow even when moving a file from a zip.

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    macchappy, Jul 14, 2008
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  8. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Please Don't Revive old threads.
     
    Thomas, Jul 14, 2008
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