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Thread ID: 83469	2007-10-03 06:46:00	Vista very slow to copy	markjonesnz (12880)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
597537	2007-10-03 06:46:00	fortunately it didn't take as long as estimated... img.photojerk.com (sorry you will have to click on the link as wont let me embed an image)	markjonesnz (12880)
597538	2007-10-03 08:09:00	Welcome to PressF1:) Thats just a problem with Vista and how it calculates the time estimated and is notoriously in-accurate. They've actually fixed that in the SP1 thats gone into beta release. Dw about it.	beeswax34 (63)
597539	2007-10-03 11:06:00	yeah but do the files actually copy with speed after the fix, or is it only a fix for the estimated time. I had to laugh when it took Vista 1 minute to shift 60 MB of files from one folder to another... :rolleyes:	gibler (49)
597540	2007-10-03 18:52:00	Sometimes XP overcalculates, but only by a couple of minutes.	pcuser42 (130)
597541	2007-10-04 01:34:00	yeah but do the files actually copy with speed after the fix, or is it only a fix for the estimated time. I had to laugh when it took Vista 1 minute to shift 60 MB of files from one folder to another... :rolleyes: The SP1 is supposed to help with both the file transfer rate and the time calculation.	beeswax34 (63)
597542	2007-10-04 04:16:00	I got the same experience copying files from one folder to another. Sam thing when it copy something from external hard drive via USB. My XP works 3 times faster.	Joshua (3228)
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