Explorer copy times exaggerated (X-64 build 7077)


  1. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #1

    Explorer copy times exaggerated (X-64 build 7077)


    Hi there
    I can't believe this
    a smallish file gave me message "About 22 Hours remaining" on a simple copy (300 MB file)

    It completed of course in a few seconds but how is explorer calculating this value.

    Maybe the computer thought I was using Paper Tape instead of Fast LOCAL SATA disks. (Not even across a Network, or external USB drives).

    Cheers

    jimbo
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  2. Posts : 167
    Windows XP
       #2

    Try replicating the issue. Could be a miscalculation, or maybe the calculation was took when the drive(s) were in use.
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  3. Posts : 170
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #3

    That's one of those 'niggles' that I had when I used Vista. Bloody annoying. I have also seen this on occasion on my Windows 7 machine. I think mine went to a day or so, then came crashing down to a few hours, then minutes. If Microsoft can't ever get this sorted then I would sooner not have that feature at all, and just have a simple bar moving across!
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  4. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
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    ukgovsucks said:
    That's one of those 'niggles' that I had when I used Vista. Bloody annoying. I have also seen this on occasion on my Windows 7 machine. I think mine went to a day or so, then came crashing down to a few hours, then minutes. If Microsoft can't ever get this sorted then I would sooner not have that feature at all, and just have a simple bar moving across!

    Same here
    I'd rather simplified CORRECT info like a bar moving across the top rather than INCORRECT detailed info.

    Mind you just suppose the size of the bar was calculated using the same algorithm.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  5. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #5

    I dont like the way they handle file transfers. They seem to copy it to a temporary location before transferring it to the final user requested place. That just asks for fragmentation. The same method is used when downloading files in IE.
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