Deleting files takes forever and a day

[Michael Moser]

What could cause all file operations involving file deletion to
suddenly takes incredibly long???
Deleting a file easily takes 2 minutes. Deleting a folder with two
small files (couple of kBytes each) in it takes >2 minutes. Emptying
the waste-bin takes 15-30 minutes!

This is on XP (with SP1 and all current fixes installed) suign NTFS,
the HW is a 1.7GHz laptop with 1GB RAM and >5GB disk space still free.

What could cause this strange hickup?

Michael

 

[Guest]

Delays in deleting files are primarily caused by LOCATION of files and fragments.
Your system has probably not been defragged/optimized in quite some time.
Clean your harddrive first by deleting cookies/on and offline temporary interne
files and contents, disk cleanup, and defrag it at least twice to ge
all the fragments into place.
Deleting/cleanup: Start/All Programs/accessories/disk cleanu
Cookies/internet files: Open IE (Internet Explorer)/tools/internet options/delete button
History: Clear History and reset to no more than 3 days/Apply and O
Good luck and happy putering

 

[Michael Moser]

Delays in deleting files are primarily caused by LOCATION of files

and fragments.

Well, yeah, but suddenly such a slowdown, i.e. 30 seconds to delete a
file, 2 minuytes to delete a folder? And no (visible) activity in task
manager. So I am still wondering what could cause this?

Anyway, this strange "effect" has disappeared in the meantime. I hope
it won't return....

Your system has probably not been defragged/optimized in quite some

time.

I always thought, NTFS doesn't need to be defragmented any more?!? Or
does it?

Michael

 

[ra]

Maybe it doesn't "need" to be defragged, but it sure makes a difference
after you do it.