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Deleting large amount of files in Windows is slow
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Mar 15, 202652273 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a Windows XP box with an NTFS disk and deleting large amounts of files is extremely slow. If I select a folder that contains a large number of files in a tree of folders and delete (using shift-del to save the recycle bin) it takes time that seems to be directly proportional to the number of…
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Is there a way to delete a folder in Windows and not having the time taken proportional to the number of files within it? I don't think so, but some methods are clearly much quicker than others. The worst way is to send to Recycle Bin: you still nee…
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