copying to folders

WayneScott

Why is it when you copy a file from one folder to another it takes 2 minutes and others over an hour for same folder?

28064212

Need more specifics. Are the folders located on the same physical hard-drive? Are you just copying, or are you moving one of them? What's the various sizes and number of files contained? What else is the computer doing during the copies?

WayneScott

5 gig file. copies in 2 mins from windows 7 to a network folder shared with vista.

To copy from the network folder to vista took one and half hours

Vista computer was idle with tabs open to web pages

Win 7 64 bit core i3 CPU 530 2.93 GHZ 3GB ram
Vista 32 bit core duo T7250 2GHZ 2GB ram

Would the specs make such a difference. It was a file too big for a usb FAT

28064212

Is the network folder on the Windows 7 machine? If so, for the Windows 7 copy, you're just copying from your hard-drive to the same hard-drive. When you're copying to Vista, it has to travel across the network, so it's entirely dependent on the speed of the network connection

WayneScott

28064212 wrote: »

Is the network folder on the Windows 7 machine? If so, for the Windows 7 copy, you're just copying from your hard-drive to the same hard-drive. When you're copying to Vista, it has to travel across the network, so it's entirely dependent on the speed of the network connection

yes it is, guess that is it, what determines the network speed? What determines how quick a file wil copy to usb stick?

thanks

28064212

WayneScott wrote: »

yes it is, guess that is it, what determines the network speed?

thanks

How is it connected? Wired or wireless? Wired will always be faster.

WayneScott

28064212 wrote: »

How is it connected? Wired or wireless? Wired will always be faster.

wireless. router downstairs, computers upstairs