Re: Shift+Delete thousands of files takes a very long time

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The System Restore and also the Backup features incorporates an ability to choose the previous version of a file. These are powers the *nix systems only wish for. It does require time to write the data, however.

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"Jonathan Livni" <JonathanLivni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B889F5A9-384A-45B7-ABE6-20A7A438DBB9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the quick reply Mark.

Could you elaborate about:
- What is the shadow copy feature good for?
- Why is it relevant in this case?
- How do I turn it off?

Thanks



"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Turn off the shadow copy feature.

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"Jonathan Livni" <JonathanLivni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> During my work a I often delete at once thousands of files from a > single
> folder. When I click Shift+Delete it takes a long while (20sec - 2min) > for
> Vista to respond and to ask "Are you sure you want to permanently > delete
> these files...".
> Is there a way to delete these files more quickly?
>
> The same happens when I right click when a lot of files are selected, > but
> there I'm less optimistic about finding a workaround.
>
> btw, in Ubuntu deleting thousands of files takes the same as deleting a
> single file. But I like Vista so I work mainly on it :)

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