Windows 7 is VERY slow at copying files compared to XP

[PODxt]

Yesterday I needed to copy some data stored on a DVD and it took more than ONE hour to transfer the files (11250 files and 151 folders for 625MB) to the hard drive.

I booted on my WinXP partition (so the very same hardware was used) and it took 20 minutes for it to complete the same task.

The data I needed to transfer were full of very small files and although I could hear my DVD player spinning at full speed on WinXP, it was very choppy on Win7 as if it was constantly seeking the files on the disc.

What do you think of this? Did you also notice such behavior?

 

[Lebon14]

(11250 files and 151 folders for 625MB) to the hard drive.

Pin-pon.
Did you know that copying small files is a lot longer than big files. If I were to copy 1GB of small txt and doc file over another HDD, it'd probably take that an hour.

I say that it's normal and the files being on an optical disc doesn't help.

But do this (if possible) : transfer a 100MB file over to another hard drive and tell us how much time it took.

EDIT

As for the spinning, you might want to put your computer in High Performance mode in Power Management in the Control Panel. See if that helps.

 

[seekermeister]

Do you have Nero? If so, run a test with Disc Speed, after setting the read speed to maximum under the custom setting. This may give you something more objective to assess the situation.

 

[PODxt]

(11250 files and 151 folders for 625MB) to the hard drive.

Pin-pon.
Did you know that copying small files is a lot longer than big files. If I were to copy 1GB of small txt and doc file over another HDD, it'd probably take that an hour.

I say that it's normal and the files being on an optical disc doesn't help.

But do this (if possible) : transfer a 100MB file over to another hard drive and tell us how much time it took.

EDIT

As for the spinning, you might want to put your computer in High Performance mode in Power Management in the Control Panel. See if that helps.

Yeah, I know that it takes more time to copy and paste small files but how come that it only takes 20 minutes for WinXP to copy those files and more than an hour for Win7 with the same exact hardware???

PS: my comp already is in High Performance mode.

@seekermeister
The benchmark seems good but again, why would XP be 3 times faster than Win7?? The DVD drive respond differently on both OS (fast on XP, choppy/sluggish on 7)

 

[Brian6121990]

its just your computer. because i had an 8 gb flash drive and i copied the while cod4 files from xp home sp3 to my 7 64bit home premium and it took like 10-20 minutes...and the game file size is about less than 7 gb

 

[logicearth]

why would XP be 3 times faster than Win7?? The DVD drive respond differently on both OS (fast on XP, choppy/sluggish on 7)

Drivers, always down to drivers and what security software you are running.

 

[WindowsStar]

Yesterday I needed to copy some data stored on a DVD and it took more than ONE hour to transfer the files (11250 files and 151 folders for 625MB) to the hard drive.

I booted on my WinXP partition (so the very same hardware was used) and it took 20 minutes for it to complete the same task.

The data I needed to transfer were full of very small files and although I could hear my DVD player spinning at full speed on WinXP, it was very choppy on Win7 as if it was constantly seeking the files on the disc.

What do you think of this? Did you also notice such behavior?

See this Thread, I think it is talking about the same thing. We discovered it was the A/V that was causing the problem.

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...-vista-32-bit-your-experience.html#post593896

 

[dajogejr]

Try turning off indexing. See if that helps.

 

[rreed87139]

Windows 7 has some kind of problem. Most likely related to the fact that they jambed that worthless windows desktop search into the OS. You want to make XP act like windows 7 install the desktop search and you'll likely have the same problem. I just don't get why Microsoft takes broken items that people continuously disable because they don't work, like using word as an email editor and desktop search, and force it into the application.
I can use the same software and XP can write to disk, to network drives, cd/dvd roms, and removable USB drives at least 1.5 times faster every time. The throughput is nearly triple on the network for XP and that is after the registry hacks, indexing changes, search changes, a disk defrag and any other mod you can do to speed it up.
I'm talking about 64 bit Operating System passing data though a 1333MHz bus vs 800MHz XP (32bit), running two processors 500MHz faster each than on XP, with more than double the RAM, at full power settings, and with all drives running Higher RPM and capable of faster write speeds that is performs at 60% of its predecessors speed. If I dumped a handful of metal shavings on the motherboard and spilled some coffee on it that would be acceptable. However this is a problem and I see it all day long on HP and Dell desktops and laptops. There is something seriously wrong with windows 7. Even the search features are a fail. Please don't try to tell me I don't have it configured right because I know better.
I just burned two identical data DVDs. One on burned w/ XP Roxio 10 and one w/ Win 7 Roxio 10. Windows Seven can't open the subfolders, Vista home premium also has issues. It might after tem minutes. If it does open and you leave the disk in from that point forward the folders will open just as quickly as they did the first time on xp. Take the disk out and youll start all over. If you can even open the disk. Put it in XP spins up and 13-30 seconds to open the disk folders max. Doesn't matter which machine created the disk windows 7 and vista both have problems reading the files (not the tile structure), you can drill into the tree quickly, but as soon as a folder has a couple thousand pdfs, plain text, or other files win 7 chokes. I can duplicate that when opening lan folders too.
This issue is non existant on all xp terminals.
So I either have 35 win 7 pc's from different manufacturers that are all having various driver issues or win 7 is problematic.

 

[Mits]

Windows sometimes messes up DMA settings, causing HDDs and CD/DVDs to underperform. This may e.g. happen when Windows detects that the device is not performing optimally, thus lowering the DMA access mode, until the device conforms to Windows liking.

Go to Device Manager - IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers and check all your ATA channels in the Advanced Settings tab. There you can see what DMA Mode your devices are currently using. Just make sure the "Enable DMA" check box is checked! If not, check it, reboot, and verify that it remains checked. If it doesn't, you have a chipset drivers problem and you need to reinstall them.

Typically modern DVD/DVDR drives should use Ultra DMA Mode 2.

 

[rreed87139]

For the dvd read fuctions I deleted the registry keys for Upper and Lower filters. Able to read Dvd files now. Not sure if this was modified by updates. I could burn a dvd -R +R on XP or Win 7. Navigate the directory down until I had to open one with several files. At that point the drive would whir and churn and nothing else in win7 and vista. Ran fine in xp. Delete the keys on an HP pro 6000 all in one win 7 x64, same OS on a Dell 780, also deleted on inspiron 1521 vista home all three can read the files in the folder . Will check DMA.
My primary issues are the transfer latencies and inabilty of windows search to find files. These issues are bad.

 

[OvenMaster]

Windows 7 has some kind of problem. Most likely related to the fact that they jambed that worthless windows desktop search into the OS. You want to make XP act like windows 7 install the desktop search and you'll likely have the same problem. I just don't get why Microsoft takes broken items that people continuously disable because they don't work, like using word as an email editor and desktop search, and force it into the application.
I can use the same software and XP can write to disk, to network drives, cd/dvd roms, and removable USB drives at least 1.5 times faster every time. The throughput is nearly triple on the network for XP and that is after the registry hacks, indexing changes, search changes, a disk defrag and any other mod you can do to speed it up.
I'm talking about 64 bit Operating System passing data though a 1333MHz bus vs 800MHz XP (32bit), running two processors 500MHz faster each than on XP, with more than double the RAM, at full power settings, and with all drives running Higher RPM and capable of faster write speeds that is performs at 60% of its predecessors speed. If I dumped a handful of metal shavings on the motherboard and spilled some coffee on it that would be acceptable. However this is a problem and I see it all day long on HP and Dell desktops and laptops. There is something seriously wrong with windows 7. Even the search features are a fail. Please don't try to tell me I don't have it configured right because I know better.
I just burned two identical data DVDs. One on burned w/ XP Roxio 10 and one w/ Win 7 Roxio 10. Windows Seven can't open the subfolders, Vista home premium also has issues. It might after tem minutes. If it does open and you leave the disk in from that point forward the folders will open just as quickly as they did the first time on xp. Take the disk out and youll start all over. If you can even open the disk. Put it in XP spins up and 13-30 seconds to open the disk folders max. Doesn't matter which machine created the disk windows 7 and vista both have problems reading the files (not the tile structure), you can drill into the tree quickly, but as soon as a folder has a couple thousand pdfs, plain text, or other files win 7 chokes. I can duplicate that when opening lan folders too.
This issue is non existant on all xp terminals.
So I either have 35 win 7 pc's from different manufacturers that are all having various driver issues or win 7 is problematic.

FTW!!!

 

[gregrocker]

Win7 is always instantaneous, fast and never hangs on adequate hardware with a perfect install.

Test your hardware and check all system resources using Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.

Compare your install with the steps, tools and methods which assure a perfect install (even for retail) in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

 

[AddRAM]

I agree , Windows 7 copies any file like lightning on all my pcs, big or small.

 

[bobafetthotmail]

You found other guys that had the same hardware issue (and bitch about the search function when it is a few km above XP's and this guy probably just does not know how to use it). Now what?

You want all of us bench-marking our DVD reading speeds with screenshots to prove you wrong?

 

[neo101]

Your last firmware upload was 5 years ago > 1.22
Try updating it.

(Watch out cos some recent idiotic Pioneer firmware tells you to reboot whilst its still loading - always wait until a new message comes up on screen saying finished etc)

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/archive/DVR-215D/media.html

Make treble sure it is correct model first