Anyone tried moving folders to the same drive?

Has anyone tried moving folders to the same drive in Vista RTM? I get the
"Calculating time remaining" dialog box just like the one you get while
copying files. Even though the folder has long been moved, the dialog box
stays there for quite some time.

Is this a bug or what?

Thanks.

Poh Tze Siang wrote:
> Has anyone tried moving folders to the same drive in Vista RTM? I get
> the "Calculating time remaining" dialog box just like the one you get
> while copying files. Even though the folder has long been moved, the
> dialog box stays there for quite some time.
>
> Is this a bug or what?

Just a poorly written operating system.

Copying files also seems to show some problem. Clicking the Detail button,
Vista seems to try to calculate the amount of time needed to copy the files
with 0kb/s transfer rate until the copying process complete. This happens
when copying files between drives. But if copying between network,
everything seems to work fine.

Anyone? Please confirm.

Thanks.

"Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Poh Tze Siang wrote:
>> Has anyone tried moving folders to the same drive in Vista RTM? I get
>> the "Calculating time remaining" dialog box just like the one you get
>> while copying files. Even though the folder has long been moved, the
>> dialog box stays there for quite some time.
>>
>> Is this a bug or what?
>
> Just a poorly written operating system.
>

The moving files box can, at times stay up way too long. I've noticed the
same thing and I don't know when it does why it does.

CH


"Poh Tze Siang" <n0sp4m_programatix@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone tried moving folders to the same drive in Vista RTM? I get the
> "Calculating time remaining" dialog box just like the one you get while
> copying files. Even though the folder has long been moved, the dialog box
> stays there for quite some time.
>
> Is this a bug or what?
>
> Thanks.

Poh Tze Siang wrote:
> Copying files also seems to show some problem. Clicking the Detail
> button, Vista seems to try to calculate the amount of time needed to
> copy the files with 0kb/s transfer rate until the copying process
> complete. This happens when copying files between drives. But if
> copying between network, everything seems to work fine.
>
> Anyone? Please confirm.

I've seen this for copying files. I wasn't being entirely flippant with my
earlier comment; something very disturbing has happened to how explorer
handles files.

The idea you mention of this happening for MOVING files, though, is
especially disturbing. Moving files is a very different operation from
copying them in Windows, and you really shouldn't see a dialogue like this
appear at all because the changes needed to be made to the files to
represent a move are absolutely trivial compared to the amount of work
required to copy a file.

"Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> I've seen this for copying files. I wasn't being entirely flippant with my
> earlier comment; something very disturbing has happened to how explorer
> handles files.

I have to agree. This is the only thing about Vista which pisses me off.
To copy a single file takes more than double the amount of time than it does
on XP. Why the hell does it want to calculate the time to copy before
copying? Just copy the damned thing. lol

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message news:OFArCs3KHHA.4244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> "Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> I've seen this for copying files. I wasn't being entirely flippant with my
>> earlier comment; something very disturbing has happened to how explorer
>> handles files.
>
> I have to agree. This is the only thing about Vista which pisses me off.
> To copy a single file takes more than double the amount of time than it does
> on XP. Why the hell does it want to calculate the time to copy before
> copying? Just copy the damned thing. lol

I agree. I have experienced the problem numerous times. Copying and
moving files. Folder to folder, drive to drive, and across my network- it all
takes longer with Vista than XP.


-Michael

"Chad Harris" <fixvista-itneedsit.net> wrote in message
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> The moving files box can, at times stay up way too long. I've noticed the
> same thing and I don't know when it does why it does.
>


Yes. I was wondering about this just today as well. Even deleting a folder
full of files takes ages. What's going on? Please investigate this
phenomena, Chad. Get on the case.

ss.

Beck wrote:
> "Robert Moir" <robspamtrap@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23skkpj3KHHA.4384@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>> I've seen this for copying files. I wasn't being entirely flippant
>> with my earlier comment; something very disturbing has happened to
>> how explorer handles files.
>
> I have to agree. This is the only thing about Vista which pisses me
> off. To copy a single file takes more than double the amount of time
> than it does on XP. Why the hell does it want to calculate the time
> to copy before copying? Just copy the damned thing. lol

I don't mind the display it puts up as much as how long it takes. You would
hope (but with Vista I guess you can't be certain) that the file copy
operation proceeds at best speed and isn't kept waiting by the explorer
animation... but yeah the silly screen is really annoying when you're
waiting for an operation to complete that ought to be virtually
instantaneous.

Either way, as we've been saying, something is very wrong with how the
Explorer shell in Vista handles simple file operations. XP wasn't anything
like this bad.

Yes. This is not good . . .

Synapse Syndrome wrote:
> "Chad Harris" <fixvista-itneedsit.net> wrote in message
> news:uT46C91KHHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> The moving files box can, at times stay up way too long. I've noticed
>> the same thing and I don't know when it does why it does.
>>
>
>
> Yes. I was wondering about this just today as well. Even deleting a
> folder full of files takes ages. What's going on? Please investigate
> this phenomena, Chad. Get on the case.
>
> ss.