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MattKan · 03-31-2015

Why does my computer take so long to move/delete files? I have a 15 MB file that it's taken about ten minutes to move from my downloads file to the desktop. This is the norm and always happens when I try to move files--it's even worse when I delete stuff, and then when I get sick of waiting for it and I hit cancel it just says "cancelling" for another several minutes before going away.

In addition to taking a long time to actually move the files, it also takes a long time to actually start doing anything. (E.g., the file I started moving 10 minutes ago... right now it says it's going at 0/bps.) I think something is halting the process at its beginning which is the majority of the wait time.

I'm running Windows 7 64. I can post any other specs that are necessary, but it is a Dell XPS 8300 from about 2011 with sufficient specs that this shouldn't be happening (12 GB RAM, i7 processor, etc. etc.) I also have over half of my 1 TB of disk space unused. This has been going on for probably close to 2 years, only getting worse as time goes on.

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MattKan the KattMan Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: United States Posts: 4,204	Taking Forever to Move/Delete Files Why does my computer take so long to move/delete files? I have a 15 MB file that it's taken about ten minutes to move from my downloads file to the desktop. This is the norm and always happens when I try to move files--it's even worse when I delete stuff, and then when I get sick of waiting for it and I hit cancel it just says "cancelling" for another several minutes before going away. In addition to taking a long time to actually move the files, it also takes a long time to actually start doing anything. (E.g., the file I started moving 10 minutes ago... right now it says it's going at 0/bps.) I think something is halting the process at its beginning which is the majority of the wait time. I'm running Windows 7 64. I can post any other specs that are necessary, but it is a Dell XPS 8300 from about 2011 with sufficient specs that this shouldn't be happening (12 GB RAM, i7 processor, etc. etc.) I also have over half of my 1 TB of disk space unused. This has been going on for probably close to 2 years, only getting worse as time goes on.