Vista: a 2mb zipfile takes 3 hours to extract then fails

[gocat2005]

Using Vista's inbuilt zip extraction it also seems to have no idea how long
the operation is going to take and makes wild stabs at the time - 2hours 44
minutes then 36 minutes, then 4 hours etc.

Using any 3rd party zip utility the same zip file extracts in less than 1
second with no problem.

File copying also takes ages using Vista. With XP it's fine.

This is all on my local machine's hard disk and not across a network.

 

[theclyde]

Using Vista's inbuilt zip extraction it also seems to have no idea how long
the operation is going to take and makes wild stabs at the time - 2hours 44
minutes then 36 minutes, then 4 hours etc.

Using any 3rd party zip utility the same zip file extracts in less than 1
second with no problem.

File copying also takes ages using Vista. With XP it's fine.

This is all on my local machine's hard disk and not across a network.

Not sure if it is related to the Vista compression or the Vista CD
burner, but I used Vista folder compression to package 2gb of wav
files. Compression was great (about 170kb) and I took it to my friends
place. He has an imac. It could only see 4 of the wav files. We never
had this problem with XP and WinZip. I will have to try again with
WinZip and see what's what.

I had also put 17 MP3's on the disc. Oddly enough, when we put it into
his DVD player to listen to the MP3's, the player only recognized the
first 4 mp3's

I don't think the two are related, but it was curious that the common
demoninator is 4 in both cases.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

Not sure if it is related to the Vista compression or the Vista CD
burner, but I used Vista folder compression to package 2gb of wav
files. Compression was great (about 170kb) and I took it to my friends
place. He has an imac. It could only see 4 of the wav files. We never
had this problem with XP and WinZip. I will have to try again with
WinZip and see what's what.

I had also put 17 MP3's on the disc. Oddly enough, when we put it into
his DVD player to listen to the MP3's, the player only recognized the
first 4 mp3's

I don't think the two are related, but it was curious that the common
demoninator is 4 in both cases.

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