Slow Vista file transfer?

speedyink

speedyink

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Anyone else who has Vista having slow file transfer times? It's taking me longer to transfer music and video files in Vista than in XP. Is there a fix or something?
 
There's no fixes at present. Vista takes a little time to get used to. You will note the check marks are now seen when you go to highlight files you want to move or copy and paste. Vista also favors even amounts of memory like 2gb over the 1.5gb seen in your sig. The new version of Windows seems to have a slightly different way of doing things for sure. For now you will have to kind of bear with it. Hopefully you are dual booting?
 
PC eye said:
There's no fixes at present. Vista takes a little time to get used to. You will note the check marks are now seen when you go to highlight files you want to move or copy and paste. Vista also favors even amounts of memory like 2gb over the 1.5gb seen in your sig. The new version of Windows seems to have a slightly different way of doing things for sure. For now you will have to kind of bear with it. Hopefully you are dual booting?
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I've pretty much gotten Vista figured out by now(still learning little tidbits here and there:P ). I love everything else about Vista, except for this slow transfer issue. Oh well, it's not too hard to live with:)

I know my odd memory configuration doesn't really help anything, I'm planning on swapping out my 2 256mb's for 2 512mb's to get an even 2 GB.

And yes, I am dual booting, but I NEVER boot into XP, because I can't stand it anymore:P
 
speedyink said:
I've pretty much gotten Vista figured out by now(still learning little tidbits here and there:P ). I love everything else about Vista, except for this slow transfer issue. Oh well, it's not too hard to live with:)

I know my odd memory configuration doesn't really help anything, I'm planning on swapping out my 2 256mb's for 2 512mb's to get an even 2 GB.

And yes, I am dual booting, but I NEVER boot into XP, because I can't stand it anymore:P
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Try getting more memory than 2GB if you can. You will see an increase in the way it performs. But, if you can't that's understandable. 2GB is basic min. anyway. But, if you are going to bite the bullet... shoot for 4GB! Really makes a difference!
 
I didn't think I'd notice much of a difference with 4gb instead of 2gb. Isn't 2gb quite a bit? I mean, 1.5gb is doing me pretty good. Theres only a couple little hicups here and there. With 4 512mb sticks in dual channel I'd think that it would make things pretty smooth.
 
The 2gb minimum requirement is incorrect there. Why? most prebuilt systems over the last few years come with how much memory? 256mb -512mb XP was seen as 128mb while Vista is seen as
What is required to run Windows Vista?

If you purchased a PC in the last two years, chances are good that you can run Windows Vista. To install and run the core functionality of Windows Vista, you need:
  • An 800 MHz processor
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • A 20 GB hard drive with 15 GB of free space
Advanced features, like the new user experience Windows Aero, require advanced or additional hardware. See system requirements for details. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pr...pgradeadvisor.mspx?wt_svl=20029a&mg_id=20029b

For a gain or simple improvement the 2gb amount can run most anything like the new games out. One main difference with Vista is the newer support for larger amounts of memory that break the XP max of 4gb. 98 was 512mb with ME and 2000 seeing that broken. For the average user and gamer still the 2gb is quite adequate. It's the extra features included that kind of sslowwww things down a little. The gain is seen even on XP when going from 512 or 1gb upto 2gb. After that the only things that need more are CAD, graphics design, video pricessing, or some super large calculus program.
 
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