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Windows 7: What hardware does Windows use when it is "loading" a folder?
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30 Nov 2010
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What hardware does Windows use when it is "loading" a folder?
What hardware does Windows use when it is "loading" a folder and you see a green bar appear at where the address is displayed at?
How can I make the loading much faster? | My System Specs |
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30 Nov 2010
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 Macedonia |
As I understood the question you can do that by buying a new processor and upgrating your ram. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
CPU Intel Pentium G630 @2.7GHz 3MB
Motherboard Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS
Memory Corsair 4GB DDR3 / 1066MHz 9-9-9-24 2T
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Philips 192EL
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Delux K5108
Mouse Genius
PSU Hantol 500W
Case Delux costumized...
Cooling 120mm Hantol, Spire 80mm
Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue 500GB / 16MB
Internet Speed 15 Mbit
Other Info Genius SW-2.1 355 Speakers,Camera,Joystick
Asus K55VJ(i5 3210, GT635M / 2GB, 8GB DDR3, 500GB HDD)
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30 Nov 2010
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Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit England, Cheshire |
Quote: Originally Posted by StalkeR  As I understood the question you can do that by buying a new processor and upgrating your ram. 
I suppose you are correct, greater computer performance would help. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz - S1155
Motherboard Asus P8P67 LE Rev3, Intel P67, S115
Memory 8GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800
Graphics Card 1GB XFX Radeon HD 6770, PCI-E 2.1 (x16)
Sound Card On-Board
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" {Entended Display}
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Logitech K120
Mouse World of Warcraft Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse
PSU 550W Coolermaster GX550
Case Silverstone Precision PS04B
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives 1TB Seagate
Internet Speed 40 MB
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30 Nov 2010
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Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit England, Cheshire |
Quote: Originally Posted by Ravanx What hardware does Windows use when it is "loading" a folder and you see a green bar appear at where the address is displayed at?
How can I make the loading much faster? What are your specs?
your system specs only say the OS version. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built
OS Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz - S1155
Motherboard Asus P8P67 LE Rev3, Intel P67, S115
Memory 8GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800
Graphics Card 1GB XFX Radeon HD 6770, PCI-E 2.1 (x16)
Sound Card On-Board
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" {Entended Display}
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Logitech K120
Mouse World of Warcraft Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse
PSU 550W Coolermaster GX550
Case Silverstone Precision PS04B
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives 1TB Seagate
Internet Speed 40 MB
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30 Nov 2010
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Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 Morecambe, Lancashire, England |
Faster HDD as that specific directory is being searched for all the files it contains. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built
OS Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1
CPU Intel Core i7 920 3.2GHz
Motherboard ASUS Sabertooth x58
Memory 6GB XMS3 Corsair 1333MHz
Graphics Card Zotac Nvidia Geforce GTX470
Sound Card ASUS Xonar DX/XD 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Dell 24" S2409W + Dell 20" E207WFP
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 + 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech G11 Keyboard
Mouse Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (2007 edition)
PSU Corsair HX850 modular
Case Coolermaster 690II Advanced Nvidia Edition
Cooling Corsair H60
Hard Drives 1x 120GB OCZ Vertex 2E, 1x 750GB Western Digital Caviar Black, 1x 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green
Internet Speed 16Mbps
Other Info LG Blu-Ray player
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30 Nov 2010
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Put your folders on a SSD. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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01 Dec 2010
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So it is a combination of processor, ram and hard disk read speed?
What is the order of their importance? Which is the most important, which is the least? | | My System Specs | | |
01 Dec 2010
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Windows 7 x64 Ultimate A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany |
When a folder has a lot of files, it should NOT be optimized for anything else than General Items. For instance, I'll notice a clear increase in speed when my Pictures folder (about 11 gigs) is optimized for General Items, instead of Pictures.
The screenshot shows where to change optimization: 
Kari | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ENVY 17-1150eg
OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory 6 GB
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
Monitor(s) Displays 17" laptop display, 22" LCD and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution 1600*900, 1680*1050 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
Mouse Logitech MX1000 Laser (Bluetooth)
Hard Drives Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbps VDSL
Antivirus MSE, Windows Defender
Browser Maxthon 3.5.2.
Other Info Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Full in English, additional Guest-user accounts in Finnish, German and Swedish (Working languages English & Swedish, Family language German, my own language, mother tongue, Finnish. I really need Ultimate to get to use Language Packs!)
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01 Dec 2010
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Quote: Originally Posted by Ravanx So it is a combination of processor, ram and hard disk read speed?
What is the order of their importance? Which is the most important, which is the least? All of the above plus graphics card as in Kari's example. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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04 Dec 2010
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Thanks so much guys! I've finally gotten my windows 7 back in the classic xp style and feel at home on my own computer again. Cheers! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUS G60JX
OS Windows 7 Premium 64 bit
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