Vista takes forever to open a briefcase created in XP.

Hello
I use briefcases to keep my files updated among my home and work PCs.
At home I use Vista but at work I use XP.
I created my briefcase in XP and put it in a USB HDD.
When I open my briefcase to work in any PC with XP it works perfect.
But if I want to work on my briefcase in a PC running vista, it takes a long
time to open.... I tried to copy a simple 90MB file from my briefcase to my
home PC (vista) and it told me that id would take an estimate 4hours
36minutes... and it took a long time ( I canceled after 1 hour).
I tried other USB HDDs and same problem.
I tried other PCs running vista ans same problem.
Any idea why this happen and how to solve it?

thanks
e.

I use briefcase to sync my desktop and laptop. Has always worked fine with XP.

Just bought a Sony with dual core processor (2 Ghz) and 2 GB RAM loaded with
Vista.

It now takes me between 30 seconds and a minute to open a briefcase on Vista
(created from my XP desktop). I can't beleive this is acceptable
performance. Once the briefcase is open, exploring subfolders is fine.

What could I be doing wrong to cause this?

Any comments from MS?

Regards,

Rick


"Edge30" wrote:

> Hello
> I use briefcases to keep my files updated among my home and work PCs.
> At home I use Vista but at work I use XP.
> I created my briefcase in XP and put it in a USB HDD.
> When I open my briefcase to work in any PC with XP it works perfect.
> But if I want to work on my briefcase in a PC running vista, it takes a long
> time to open.... I tried to copy a simple 90MB file from my briefcase to my
> home PC (vista) and it told me that id would take an estimate 4hours
> 36minutes... and it took a long time ( I canceled after 1 hour).
> I tried other USB HDDs and same problem.
> I tried other PCs running vista ans same problem.
> Any idea why this happen and how to solve it?
>
> thanks
> e.
>
>
>

I finally gave up on the breifcase and am now using Sync Toy. So far not
bad.



"rjsmithbkk" wrote:

> I use briefcase to sync my desktop and laptop. Has always worked fine with XP.
>
> Just bought a Sony with dual core processor (2 Ghz) and 2 GB RAM loaded with
> Vista.
>
> It now takes me between 30 seconds and a minute to open a briefcase on Vista
> (created from my XP desktop). I can't beleive this is acceptable
> performance. Once the briefcase is open, exploring subfolders is fine.
>
> What could I be doing wrong to cause this?
>
> Any comments from MS?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick
>
>
> "Edge30" wrote:
>
> > Hello
> > I use briefcases to keep my files updated among my home and work PCs.
> > At home I use Vista but at work I use XP.
> > I created my briefcase in XP and put it in a USB HDD.
> > When I open my briefcase to work in any PC with XP it works perfect.
> > But if I want to work on my briefcase in a PC running vista, it takes a long
> > time to open.... I tried to copy a simple 90MB file from my briefcase to my
> > home PC (vista) and it told me that id would take an estimate 4hours
> > 36minutes... and it took a long time ( I canceled after 1 hour).
> > I tried other USB HDDs and same problem.
> > I tried other PCs running vista ans same problem.
> > Any idea why this happen and how to solve it?
> >
> > thanks
> > e.
> >
> >
> >