http://www.joe0.com/2006/08/31/why-it-takes-30-minutes-to-delete-nothing/ Joe0.com Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.joe0.com/2006/08/31/why-it-takes-30-minutes-to-delete-nothing/#comment-165 jarosciak Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:59:10 +0000 http://www.joe0.com/2006/08/31/why-it-takes-30-minutes-to-delete-0-bytes-aka-fun-with-windows-and-winrar/#comment-165 You're right there. It's just a tag... funny how slow it is. We'll see if Vista proves better :) You’re right there. It’s just a tag… funny how slow it is. We’ll see if Vista proves better :)

]]> http://www.joe0.com/2006/08/31/why-it-takes-30-minutes-to-delete-nothing/#comment-155 Sherlock Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:27:25 +0000 http://www.joe0.com/2006/08/31/why-it-takes-30-minutes-to-delete-0-bytes-aka-fun-with-windows-and-winrar/#comment-155 FYI, the sluggishness of the windows explorer may be explained. Also, it's nice to know that deleting file is actually only removing a kind of "tag" on your hard drive, not the actual data which stays there, meaning the size of the file does not matter at this point. FYI, the sluggishness of the windows explorer may be explained. Also, it’s nice to know that deleting file is actually only removing a kind of “tag” on your hard drive, not the actual data which stays there, meaning the size of the file does not matter at this point.

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