HOW LONG?! Copying files.

I just migrated from Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate (64bit). So far
things have run *fairly* smoothly, but I am astonished at the length of time
it is taking for me to copy files.

For instance I want to copy 1/2 dozen folders from my "D" partition to my
"C" partition (drag & drop using Windows Explorer - both partitions are
NTFS, and I get the same result copying files on the same partition too).
These files existed on my previous XP install, and when I copied them from D
to C on XP it took around 2 minutes or so. Now the exact same files are
taking upwards of 25+ minutes to copy in Vista!

Is there some reason why Vista is acting like a decrepit 90 year old? :-)

Mike.

On Wed, 7 May 2008 14:25:56 +0100, "-mike-" <> wrote:

>I just migrated from Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate (64bit). So far
>things have run *fairly* smoothly, but I am astonished at the length of time
>it is taking for me to copy files.
>
>For instance I want to copy 1/2 dozen folders from my "D" partition to my
>"C" partition (drag & drop using Windows Explorer - both partitions are
>NTFS, and I get the same result copying files on the same partition too).
>These files existed on my previous XP install, and when I copied them from D
>to C on XP it took around 2 minutes or so. Now the exact same files are
>taking upwards of 25+ minutes to copy in Vista!
>
>Is there some reason why Vista is acting like a decrepit 90 year old? :-)

Supposedly, SP1 has helped. You couldn't prove it by me.

"-mike-" <> wrote:
> I just migrated from Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate (64bit). So far
> things have run *fairly* smoothly, but I am astonished at the length
> of time it is taking for me to copy files.

AFAIK this has been fixed in Service Pack 1.

--
Holger

-mike- wrote:
> I just migrated from Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate (64bit). So far
> things have run *fairly* smoothly, but I am astonished at the length of
> time it is taking for me to copy files.
>
> For instance I want to copy 1/2 dozen folders from my "D" partition to
> my "C" partition (drag & drop using Windows Explorer - both partitions
> are NTFS, and I get the same result copying files on the same partition
> too). These files existed on my previous XP install, and when I copied
> them from D to C on XP it took around 2 minutes or so. Now the exact
> same files are taking upwards of 25+ minutes to copy in Vista!
>
> Is there some reason why Vista is acting like a decrepit 90 year old? :-)
>
> Mike.
>

Check out Ubuntu; it's free and file transfers, be it from internal HD
to HD, external HD to internal HD or back, or between partitions is
*much* quicker than either XP or Vista. Get it free at www.ubuntu.com

Alias

"Holger Metzger" <> wrote in message
>
> AFAIK this has been fixed in Service Pack 1.
>
> --
> Holger


Thanks for all the quick replies.

Nope. I have SP1 and it's not working

Back to XP I suppose. There's no way I can put up with such slow transfers.
I do a lot of video editing and regularly move very large files. This bug
would probably add 2 hours to my working day!

It's incredible that a new, 64bit operating system is so bug ridden and
slow. Even on my 4 gig RAM, RAID, quad core CPU Vista runs like a dog!

Mike.

"-mike-" <> schreef in bericht
news: ...
>
> "Holger Metzger" <> wrote in message
>>
>> AFAIK this has been fixed in Service Pack 1.
>>
>> --
>> Holger
>
>
> Thanks for all the quick replies.
>
> Nope. I have SP1 and it's not working
>
> Back to XP I suppose. There's no way I can put up with such slow
> transfers. I do a lot of video editing and regularly move very large
> files. This bug would probably add 2 hours to my working day!
>
> It's incredible that a new, 64bit operating system is so bug ridden and
> slow. Even on my 4 gig RAM, RAID, quad core CPU Vista runs like a dog!
>
> Mike.


Mike,

Before you go back to XP,
maybe you could try the freeware TeraCopy:
http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
For me it's a working solution.

Pierre

"LeonIloilo" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>
> "-mike-" <> schreef in bericht
> news: ...
>>
>> "Holger Metzger" <> wrote in message
>>>
>>> AFAIK this has been fixed in Service Pack 1.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Holger
>>
>>
>> Thanks for all the quick replies.
>>
>> Nope. I have SP1 and it's not working
>>
>> Back to XP I suppose. There's no way I can put up with such slow
>> transfers. I do a lot of video editing and regularly move very large
>> files. This bug would probably add 2 hours to my working day!
>>
>> It's incredible that a new, 64bit operating system is so bug ridden and
>> slow. Even on my 4 gig RAM, RAID, quad core CPU Vista runs like a dog!
>>
>> Mike.
>
>
> Mike,
>
> Before you go back to XP,
> maybe you could try the freeware TeraCopy:
> http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
> For me it's a working solution.
>
> Pierre
>
>

Why should he pay for something that should be part of the OS? IF he is
having trouble with Vista and SP1 doesn't help, then maybe he should go back
to XP.

SP1 has decreased the time it takes to copy files but, I'm sorry to say, it
still isn't as fast as XP on file copying scenario's. To be honest I
attempted to copy 2.75GB data from my hard drive to a DVD yesterday. Now
this is simply standard data, no video. All I wanted was it backed up to a
DVD. Using Vista I copied the file and then pasted it to the DVD. Time to
copy the whole thing - well it started at 3hrs 15 minutes, then rose to 5hrs
and 20 minutes; it finally rested at 1day 12hrs 19minutes. After 2 hours of
copying the progress bar hadn't even moved. In the end I cancelled the
operation and decided to copy using Deep Burner. Total copy time? 4
minutes - amasing!

Now that I the down side of things. The upside I that copying the same
volume of data from my C: drive to my removable G: drive took exactly 8
minutes.

Even with SP1 installed I believe there is still some bugs in the copy
procedure but I'm not sure whether this 'bug' as I will call it is specific
to all machines or simply specific machine/drives etc.

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"-mike-" <> wrote in message
news: ...
>I just migrated from Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate (64bit). So far
>things have run *fairly* smoothly, but I am astonished at the length of
>time it is taking for me to copy files.
>
> For instance I want to copy 1/2 dozen folders from my "D" partition to my
> "C" partition (drag & drop using Windows Explorer - both partitions are
> NTFS, and I get the same result copying files on the same partition too).
> These files existed on my previous XP install, and when I copied them from
> D to C on XP it took around 2 minutes or so. Now the exact same files are
> taking upwards of 25+ minutes to copy in Vista!
>
> Is there some reason why Vista is acting like a decrepit 90 year old? :-)
>
> Mike.
>

"Bill Yanaire" <> schreef in bericht
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>
> "LeonIloilo" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>
>> "-mike-" <> schreef in bericht
>> news: ...
>>>
>>> "Holger Metzger" <> wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> AFAIK this has been fixed in Service Pack 1.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Holger
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the quick replies.
>>>
>>> Nope. I have SP1 and it's not working
>>>
>>> Back to XP I suppose. There's no way I can put up with such slow
>>> transfers. I do a lot of video editing and regularly move very large
>>> files. This bug would probably add 2 hours to my working day!
>>>
>>> It's incredible that a new, 64bit operating system is so bug ridden and
>>> slow. Even on my 4 gig RAM, RAID, quad core CPU Vista runs like a dog!
>>>
>>> Mike.
>>
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Before you go back to XP,
>> maybe you could try the freeware TeraCopy:
>> http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
>> For me it's a working solution.
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>
>
> Why should he pay for something that should be part of the OS? IF he is
> having trouble with Vista and SP1 doesn't help, then maybe he should go
> back to XP.
>
>
>

No need to pay.
It's freeware.

"-mike-" <> wrote in message
news: ...
>
> "Holger Metzger" <> wrote in message
>>
>> AFAIK this has been fixed in Service Pack 1.
>>
>> --
>> Holger
>
>
> Thanks for all the quick replies.
>
> Nope. I have SP1 and it's not working
>
> Back to XP I suppose. There's no way I can put up with such slow
> transfers. I do a lot of video editing and regularly move very large
> files. This bug would probably add 2 hours to my working day!
>
> It's incredible that a new, 64bit operating system is so bug ridden and
> slow. Even on my 4 gig RAM, RAID, quad core CPU Vista runs like a dog!
>
> Mike.

It isn't likely your hardware. I too have the same issue on a Q6600 with
500GB SATA drives. Copy is slow disk-disk or network-disk... SP1 didn't
seem to fix it.