Moving files sometimes inordinately slow?

[brundlefly76]

I've had this problem since RC1/2, now with release as well.
Both on my desktop computer and notebook.

An example will be I have a file and a folder of my own creation on
the desktop, and I drag the file to the folder.

In this scenario, Windows will do a move by default, which in reality
is simply a rename and should happen almost instantaneously - and in
practice is usually does.

Sometimes, however, I get a dialog box which gives me details on the
move operation which stays onscreen for a *very* long time (like 30
seconds or more). The dialog box seems to indicate the file is not
moving at 0 bytes/sec.

Then, all of the sudden - boom, it reads like 320 kb/sec and
disappears, the file is moved successfully.

It doesnt seem to matter how big the file is, I think I have had this
happen with tiny text file notes.

Anyone know the issue here?

(BTW I have had this happen on on 7200RPM disk and two different 10k
Raptors)

 

[Guest]

Couple of things to look for:

1. Make sure the files being accessed are not being used by another
program...even if you recently closed the program. Sometimes application
developers do not clean up after themselves in a timely fashion and the OS
has to wait for garbage collection to relinquish the file access.
2. Are you moving encrypted or compressed files? That would be one area to
ensure is not the case.

I have seen this happen rarely...so I know what you are talking about. My
biggest file problem is trying to manipulate a file on another machine (both
Vista) even though I have given credentials and full access. I do know that
Vista has alot more security features involved in ensuring that file
operations are not background worms or viruses or that applications have code
access security permissions. This might be where the hold ups are coming.
Also depends on the installed programs running...

 

[brundlefly76]

I'm glad I'm not the only one - no, the files are neither compressed
nor encrypted....

 

[dereksignorini]

I'm glad I'm not the only one - no, the files are neither compressed
nor encrypted....

On Jan 30, 11:10 am, Raventhorn <[email protected]>
wrote:

No, you are not the only one. I have the same problem. The problem
first showed up in RC1, then the upgrade to RTM seems to have fixed
it..however, it creeps up every now and then.

It seems that network file transfers are the worse.

D

 

[Guest]

Network file transfers are awful! Lucky to get 5mb/sec.
Dan