Slow to send to recycle bin

[Daniel]

Hi

I have a PC with 2.5 gig RAM, a 3.2 gig P4 with HT and I run defrag weekly.

When I delete a file or folder it takes a long time to finish the deleting
process.
Even a small file can take 30 seconds and a large file, say 1 meg can take a
minute.

Any way to fix this?

thanks

Daniel

 

[JS]

How many files are currently in your Recycle Bin? Do you empty it prior to a
defrag?

JS

 

[Daniel]

I empty the RC bin often, but not immediatley prior to defrag,
I have checked the speed of deleting after emptying the RC bin
and it made no difference.

cheers

Daniel

 

[JS]

I presume that there is still a large part of the disk still free (unused)?
Also what AV, and other software do you have running in the background?
Does it take a long time to copy a file to the drive as well?

JS

 

[Daniel]

Hi

I am using Norton's AV and Internet Security,
the 160 Gig HD is 30% full and a test shows it to be 100% healthy,
small files copy instantly but I do think large files take longer than
they should to copy.

cheers

Daniel

 

[JS]

Norton has been known to slow things down, but not this much.
But as an experiment disconnect your system from the Internet, turn Norton
AV off, then try deleting a file.

JS

 

[Daniel]

Hi

I have been working off the net and with NAV and NIS disabled, and it is
a big improvement.
I will look at the settings.

Thanks for your help.

Daniel